Highland Jays
Cyanolyca
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.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Turquoise Jay
speciesCyanolyca turcosa
Azure-hooded Jay
speciesCyanolyca cucullata
Black-collared Jay
speciesCyanolyca armillata
White-collared Jay
speciesCyanolyca viridicyanus
Dwarf Jay
speciesCyanolyca nanus
Black-throated Jay
speciesCyanolyca pumilo
Beautiful Jay
speciesCyanolyca pulchra
White-throated Jay
speciesCyanolyca mirabilis
Silvery-throated Jay
speciesCyanolyca argentigula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8166.