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]

Cyanolyca
Cyanolyca turcosa
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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

Species

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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

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  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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