White-throated Magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus)

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
48 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1827)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

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 (49)...)

White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa) [XC274497]
by Alfonso Auerbach from Carara NP area, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa) [XC614142]
by Olivier SWIFT from Ventanilla, Mazunte, Santa Mar\u00eda Tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes subsumed in Cyanocorax. Forms a superspecies with Black-throated Magpie-jay (Cyanocorax colliei) and often considered conspecific, and the two interbreed in south-western Mexico (Jalisco and Colima, where birds with intermediate characters locally common). A hybrid with Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio) recorded in southern Mexico (Chiapas). Nominate subspecies intergrades with azurea in Oaxaca (southern Mexico).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

formosa (Swainson, 1827) - Southern Mexico from Colima, Michoacán and Puebla south to Oaxaca.
azurea Nelson, 1897 - Pacific slope in south-eastern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) and western Guatemala.
pompata Bangs, 1914 - South-eastern Mexico (interior of eastern Oaxaca, interior of Chiapas) and Atlantic side of Guatemala (Motagua Valley) south through El Salvador and western Honduras to north-western Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-throated Magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus) - 10 files

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