Cyanolyca
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Turquoise jay Ecuador 1241a.jpg
| image_caption = Cyanolyca turcosa
| taxon = Cyanolyca
| authority = Cabanis, 1851
| type_species = Cyanocorax armillatus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=151 |title= Corvidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = Gray, 1845
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 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.{{cite book | last = Howell | first = Steve N.G. | author2 = Sophie Webb | title = A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1995 | location = New York | pages = [https://archive.org/details/guidetobirdsofme0000howe/page/541 541–542] | isbn = 0-19-854012-4 }}
Species
{{Species table |genus= Cyanolyca |authority-name=Cabanis |authority-year=1851 |species-count=nine|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name=Black-collared jay |binomial=Cyanolyca armillata
|image=File:Cyanolyca armillata.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gray|authority-year= 1845 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca armillata map.svg
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|iucn-status= LC
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|name=Turquoise jay |binomial=Cyanolyca turcosa
|image=File:Turquoise jay.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Bonaparte |authority-year=1853 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca turcosa map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name=White-collared jay |binomial=Cyanolyca viridicyanus
|image=File:Cyanolyca viridicyanus 72206138 (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye|authority-year= 1838 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=Peru and Bolivia
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca viridicyanus map.svg
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|name= Azure-hooded jay |binomial=Cyanolyca cucullata
|image=File:Cyanolyca cucullata Santa Elena.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Ridgway|authority-year=1885 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, southeastern Mexico, and western Panama
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca cucullata map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name= Beautiful jay |binomial=Cyanolyca pulchra
|image=File:Cyanolyca pulchra -NW Ecuador-6.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lawrence|authority-year= 1876 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Colombia and Ecuador
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{{Species table/row
|name= Black-throated jay|binomial=Cyanolyca pumilo
|image=File:Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo) 2.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Strickland |authority-year= 1849|authority-not-original=yes
|range=Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca pumilo map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name=Dwarf jay |binomial=Cyanolyca nanus
|image=File:Dwarf Jay (Cyanolyca nana).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Du Bus de Gisignies |authority-year=1847 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Mexico
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca nanus map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name=White-throated jay |binomial=Cyanolyca mirabilis
|image=|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Nelson |authority-year=1903 |authority-not-original=
|range= Mexico
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca mirabilis map.svg
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{{Species table/row
|name=Silvery-throated jay |binomial=Cyanolyca argentigula
|image=File:Cyanolyca argentigula.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Lawrence |authority-year=1875 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Costa Rica and Panama
|range-image=File:Cyanolyca argentigula map.svg
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{{Species table/end}}
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Cyanolyca|Cyanolyca}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Cyanolyca|Cyanolyca}}
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