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 NT    Tufted Jay* Id (Atlas):
    Cyanocorax dickeyi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Tufted Jay, Dickey's Jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Moore, 1935

Habitat
Humid canyons within semi-deciduous and pine-oak forests. From 1,350 - 2,150 m.

Range (Guide)
Mexico (B) (NB).

Pacific slope of Sierra Madre Occidental (south-eastern Sinaloa, north-eastern Nayarit and south-western Durango), in western Mexico.
 
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Invertebrates, fruits, berries and acorns.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) [XC575344]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico (call)

 
Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) [XC265115]
     by Andrew Spencer from Durango Highway KM216, Sinaloa, Mexico (call)

Nest
A bulky structure composed of sticks and twigs, lined with finer twigs and plant material, and situated 5-15 m above the ground in the dense canopy of a tree.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been suggested as forming a superspecies with Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) and White-naped Jay (Cyanocorax cyanopogon). It is also another suggested its nearest relative may be White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) - 10 files


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