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Genus of birds

Cyanolyca
Cyanolyca turcosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanolyca
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Cyanocorax armillatus
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.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
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

References

  1. ^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Howell, Steve N.G.; Sophie Webb (1995). A Guide——to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 0-19-854012-4.

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