Crows (Corvidae)
White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis) - HBW 14, p. 576
French: Geai masqué
German: Weißkehlhäher
Spanish: Chara de Omiltemi
Other common names: Omiltemi/Omilteme Jay
Taxonomy: Cyanolyca mirabilis Nelson, 1903, Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico.
This species and C. pumilo, C. nanus and C. argentigula form a monophyletic group. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guerrero (Sierra Madre del Sur) and Oaxaca (Sierra de Miahuatlan and Sierra de Yucuyacua), in SW Mexico.
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An adult showing white throat, then with scarab beetle and finally rubbing caterpillar's spines on branch Locality Sierra Atoyac, Guerrero State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 17 sec 4.6
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