Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra)

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1876)

Habitat
Dense understorey of pluvial and wet subtropical forests, particularly along watercourses and in marshy areas. From 900 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia (B), Ecuador (B).

Pacific slope of Andes from central Colombia (extreme south of Chocó and Valle) south to north-western Ecuador (south to southern Pichincha). Monotypic.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through unplanned colonisation, following the completion of roads, and massive logging concessions are the main threats. Also cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation may also pose problems.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (65)...)

Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra) [XC119636]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Montezuma Peak Road, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, W Andes - Tatama National Park, Colombia (song)

Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra) [XC85536]
by Andrew Spencer from Chical road, Carchi, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

A sister-species of Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata).

References
See References.

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