Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) [XC61160]
by Jon King from Finca El Pilar, San Cristobal El Bajo, Sacatepequez, Guatemala (call)
Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) [XC180262]
by Alfonso Auerbach from Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, sector Talgua-La Florida, Honduras (call)
Subspecies
Along with San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus), Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) and Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) were formerly placed together in a separate genus, Cissilopha (the black-and-blue jays of Middle America). Subspecies intergrade in northern and eastern El Salvador and Honduras.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
melanocyaneus (Hartlaub, 1844) - Mountains of Guatemala and southern El Salvador (coast range east to Volcán de Vicente).
chavezi (Miller, W & Griscom, 1925) - Mountains of Honduras and north-western Nicaragua.