Crows (Corvidae)
San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus) - HBW 14, p. 579
French: Geai de San Blas
German: Acapulcoblaurabe
Spanish: Chara de San Blas
Other common names: Black-and-blue Jay
Taxonomy: Pica San-Blasiana Lafresnaye, 1842, Acapulco, Mexico.
This species and C. melanocyaneus, C. yucatanicus and C. beecheii were formerly placed together in a separate genus, Cissilopha (the black-and-blue jays of Middle America). Has been thought to form a superspecies with C. yucatanicus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nelsoni ( Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1919) - SW Mexico, from Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima S to W Guerrero.
- sanblasianus ( Lafresnaye, 1842) - C coastal region of Guerrero, in SW Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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an adult eating bananas in a plantation
Locality La Bajada, San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp nelsoni)
Michael Retter 1 January 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Bird in forest.
Locality Mismaloya, Jalisco State, Mexico (Northern)
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 28 March 2009 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 2.7
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