Cyanolyca

Cyanolyca
	Cyanolyca turcosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Subfamily:	Cyanocoracinae
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.^[2]

Species

Genus **Cyanolyca** – Cabanis, 1851 – nine species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Black-collared jay	Cyanolyca armillata (Gray, 1845)	Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Turquoise jay	Cyanolyca turcosa (Bonaparte, 1853)	southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-collared jay	Cyanolyca viridicyanus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)	Peru and Bolivia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Azure-hooded jay	Cyanolyca cucullata (Ridgway, 1885)	Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Beautiful jay	Cyanolyca pulchra (Lawrence, 1876)	Colombia and Ecuador	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Black-throated jay	Cyanolyca pumilo (Strickland, 1849)	Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Dwarf jay	Cyanolyca nanus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)	Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
White-throated jay	Cyanolyca mirabilis Nelson, 1903	Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
Silvery-throated jay	Cyanolyca argentigula (Lawrence, 1875)	Costa Rica and Panama	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

^ "Corvidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ 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.