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Genus: Cyanocorax (17 species)


Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis affinis) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Venezuela Minca, Magdalena, Colombia Moves in noisy groups.
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Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) Range: MA: nw Mexico Rancho las Palomas, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Azure Jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus) Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and b Brazil Parque das Aves, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil
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Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) Range: SA: n Amazonia Colakreek Recreational Park, Para, Suriname
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Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) Range: SA: sc, e Foz do Iguazu, Brazil
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Typical noisy jay that moves in groups.


Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) Range: SA: c Brazil to e Bolivia and e Paraguay Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil
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Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) Range: SA: s Peru, Bolivia and sw Brazil through Paraguay to n Argentina Chaco National Park, Argentina
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White-naped Jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon) Range: SA: e Brazil Quixadá, Brazil Compare to Plush-crested Jay.
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) Near Threatened Range: MA: w Mexico Durango Highway, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini heilprini) Range: SA: nw, wc Amazonia Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Green Jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus) Range: MA: s Texas to Honduras Botanical Garden, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) Range: MA: Guatemala to Nicaragua


White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis) Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru Peru
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San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus) Range: MA: w Mexico Botanical Garden, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus violaceus) Range: SA: Venezuela and w Amazonia Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia
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Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas yncas) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia Podocarpus National Park, Zamora, Ecuador
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Split from the Green Jay further north. Inca Jays travel in small noisy groups making a number of very different sounds.


Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus yucatanicus) Male Range: MA: Yucatán Pen. Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico Male has a yellow eye ring.
Photograph by James Batt © All Rights Reserved.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba