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 LC    Azure-hooded Jay* Id (Atlas):
    Cyanolyca cucullata

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Azure-hooded Jay, Hooded Jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ridgway, 1885)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 800 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

 
Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) [XC486211]
     by Hans Matheve from Bosque de Paz Biological Reserve, Costa Rica (call)

 
Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) [XC654437]
     by Mario Reyes Jr from Cusuco National Park, Honduras (uncertain)

Subspecies
A sister-species of Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • mitrata Ridgway, 1899   -  Eastern Mexico (extreme south-eastern San Luis Potosí­ and Veracruz) south to central-eastern Oaxaca).
  • guatemalae Pitelka, 1951   -  Southern Mexico (Chiapas) and northern Guatemala (Huehuetenango, Alta Vera Paz).
  • hondurensis Pitelka, 1951   -  Western Honduras (Caribbean slopes).
  • cucullata (Ridgway, 1885)   -  Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama, extending locally across to Pacific slope.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) - 10 files


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