Cyanolyca

Cyanolyca
	Cyanolyca turcosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanolyca; Cabanis, 1851
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.^[1]

Species[]

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 viridicyana	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[]

^ 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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[Howell-1] 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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