Crows (Corvidae)
Black-throated Jay (Cyanolyca pumilo) - HBW 14, p. 575
French: Geai à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkehlhäher
Spanish: Chara Gorjinegra
Other common names: Black-throated Dwarf Jay, Strickland's Jay
Taxonomy: Cyanocorax pumilo Strickland, 1849, Guatemala (probably Antigua, in Department Sacatepéquez).
This species and C. nanus, C. argentigula and C. mirabilis form a monophyletic group. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains of extreme SE Mexico (SE Chiapas), Guatemala, W & C Honduras, N El Salvador (Montecristo National Park and Cerro El Pital) and NW Nicaragua.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird high in a tree, preening, looking around and then flying away. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 1.7
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one of a group of about 4
Locality Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 2 years ago 2.5
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A bird singing.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 3
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