Extreme southern USA (lower Rio Grande valley and south-eastern corner of Texas) south through eastern and south-central Mexico (south to Puebla and southern Veracruz). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
Green Jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus) [XC278361]
by Paul Marvin from San Ygnacio, Zapata Co, Texas, United States (call)
Green Jay (Cyanocorax luxuosus) [XC278475]
by Ross Gallardy from Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, United States (call)
Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
glaucescens (Ridgway, 1900) - Extreme southern USA (southern Texas) and north-eastern Mexico (western Tamaulipas and Nuevo León). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
luxuosus (Lesson, R, 1839) - Extreme southern USA (lower Rio Grande valley and south-eastern corner of Texas) south through eastern and south-central Mexico (south to Puebla and southern Veracruz). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
speciosus (Nelson, 1900) - Pacific slope of Mexico in Nayarit and Jalisco. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
vividus (Ridgway, 1900) - Pacific slope of southern Mexico (from Colima and Guerrero east to western Guatemala (Solola, in Patulul). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
maya (van Rossem, 1934) - Tabasco and Yucatán Peninsula (except extreme southern Quintana Roo), in eastern Mexico. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
confusus Phillips, AR, 1966 - Pacific slope of southern Chiapas (Mexico) and Guatemala. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
centralis (van Rossem, 1934) - South-eastern Mexico (extreme eastern Tabasco and adjacent parts of Chiapas east through extreme southern Quintana Roo), northern and eastern Guatemala, Belize and northern Honduras. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas).
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