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]
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| Cyanolyca turcosa | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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Species
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Cyanolyca armillata | Black-collared jay | Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela |
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Cyanolyca turcosa | Turquoise jay | southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru |
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Cyanolyca viridicyanus | White-collared jay | Peru and Bolivia |
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Cyanolyca cucullata | Azure-hooded jay | Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama |
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Cyanolyca pulchra | Beautiful jay | Colombia and Ecuador |
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Cyanolyca pumilo | Black-throated jay | Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras |
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Cyanolyca nanus | Dwarf jay | Mexico |
| Cyanolyca mirabilis | White-throated jay | Mexico | |
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Cyanolyca argentigula | Silvery-throated jay | Costa Rica and Panama |
References
edit- ^ "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.
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