Crows (Corvidae)

Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi) - HBW 14, p. 582

French: Geai panaché German: Spanish: Chara Pinta
Other common names: Dickey's Jay

Taxonomy: Cyanocorax dickeyi R. T. Moore, 1935, Rancho Batel, 5 miles [8 km] north-east of Santa Lucia, 5200 feet [1585 m], Sinaloa, Mexico.
Has been suggested as forming a superspecies with C. chrysops and C. cyanopogon; another suggestion is that its nearest relative may be C. mystacalis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Pacific slope of Sierra Madre Occidental (SE Sinaloa, NE Nayarit and SW Durango), in W Mexico.