Cyanolyca | |
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Cyanolyca turcosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cyanolyca Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Cyanocorax armillatus [1] Gray, 1845 | |
Species | |
9, see text |
Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds. [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cyanolyca armillata | Black-collared jay | Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela | |
Cyanolyca turcosa | Turquoise jay | southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru | |
Cyanolyca viridicyanus | White-collared jay | Peru and Bolivia | |
Cyanolyca cucullata | Azure-hooded jay | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama | |
Cyanolyca pulchra | Beautiful jay | Colombia and Ecuador | |
Cyanolyca pumilo | Black-throated jay | Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras | |
Cyanolyca nanus | Dwarf jay | Mexico | |
Cyanolyca mirabilis | White-throated jay | Mexico | |
Cyanolyca argentigula | Silvery-throated jay | Costa Rica and Panama | |
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