Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)

Other Names (World)
Azure-hooded Jay, Hooded Jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ridgway, 1885)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 800 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) [XC196730]
by Andrew Spencer from Cusuco National Park, Honduras (call)

Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) [XC264169]
by George Wagner from Oaxaca-Tuxtepec Highway, above Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
A sister-species of Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

mitrata Ridgway, 1899 - Eastern Mexico (extreme south-eastern San Luis Potos�� and Veracruz) south to central-eastern Oaxaca).
guatemalae Pitelka, 1951 - Southern Mexico (Chiapas) and northern Guatemala (Huehuetenango, Alta Vera Paz).
hondurensis Pitelka, 1951 - Western Honduras (Caribbean slopes).
cucullata (Ridgway, 1885) - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama, extending locally across to Pacific slope.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) - 10 files

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