Green Jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Stunning and unmistakable: green and yellow plumage with bold black-and-blue head pattern. Birds from Texas to Honduras have a blue crown, dark eye, and relatively uniform lime-green body, and occur in small flocks in woodland with brushy understory. Birds in South America, sometimes called Inca Jays, occur in Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Bolivia. They show a white crown, pale eye, blue forehead tuft, and rich sulphur-yellow belly contrasting with darker green upperparts. Both populations give a variety of strange mechanical calls.

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Cyanocorax yncas
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Cyanocorax

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Distribution

Bird Calls

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