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Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)

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Class: Aves
Family: Corvidae
Common Name: Azure-hooded Jay
Genus: Cyanolyca
Species Name: cucullata

About The Azure-hooded Jay

Cyanolyca cucullata inhabits southeastern Mexico, mainly on the Caribbean slope (Blake 1953). South through east-central Oaxaca and interior Chiapas to Guatemala; Western Panama and Costa Rica. Cyanolyca cucullata is also found in ranges of the tropical forests, in foothills, and in lowlands, but only when these have continuous cloud forest (Goodwin 1986).

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); neotropical (Native )



Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors
Bibliographic Citation: Kieltyka, Z. 2001. "Cyanolyca cucullata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at Citation Link

Trips Where Observed

Mexico, Veracruz

Member Lifelists

Mexico
North America
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
10/14/2007
very brief clear view, but could have been another species.

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