Crows (Corvidae)
Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata) - HBW 14, p. 575
French: Geai couronné
German: Blaukappenhäher
Spanish: Chara Coroniazul
Other common names: Hooded Jay
Taxonomy: Cyanocorax cucullatus Ridgway, 1885, Navarro, Costa Rica.
This species and C. pulcra are sister-species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mitrata Ridgway, 1899 - E Mexico (extreme SE San Luis Potosí and Veracruz) S to CE Oaxaca).
- guatemalae Pitelka, 1951 - S Mexico (Chiapas) and N Guatemala (Huehuetenango, Alta Vera Paz).
- hondurensis Pitelka, 1951 - W Honduras (Caribbean slopes).
- cucullata ( Ridgway, 1885) - Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama, extending locally across to Pacific slope.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perching in middle of an army ants swarm. Locality Costa Rica
Max Roth 9 March 2007 2 years ago 56 sec 4.1
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Bird perched
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 29 March 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
adult in sweet gum
Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp guatemalae)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 2 years ago 2
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Alarm calls. Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp guatemalae)
Sam Woods 14 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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