Black-throated Magpie-jay (Cyanocorax colliei)

Other Names (World)
Black-throated Magpie-Jay, Collie's Magpie-jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
58 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1829)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

North-western Mexico from southern Sonora and south-western Chihuahua south through Sinaloa to Jalisco and Colima.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei) [XC234164]
by Elias Aristides Elias from San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States (call)

Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei) [XC483962]
by Richard E. Webster from Monument Rd and nearby trails, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, United States (call, flight call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes subsumed in Cyanocorax. Forms a superspecies with White-throated Magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus) and often considered conspecific, and the two interbreed in Jalisco and Colima (birds with intermediate characters locally common).

References
See References.

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