Crows (Corvidae)
Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) - HBW 14, p. 579
French: Geai du Yucatan
German:
Spanish: Chara Yucateca
Taxonomy: Cyanocitta yucatanica A. J. C. Dubois, 1875, Yucatán, Mexico.
This species and C. melanocyaneus, C. sanblasianus 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. sanblasianus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rivularis ( Brodkorb, 1940) - Tabasco and SW Campeche, in SE Mexico.
- yucatanicus ( A. J. C. Dubois, 1875) - SE Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche except SW, and Quintana Roo) S to N Guatemala (Petén district) and N Belize.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult feeding a juvenile in a tree, and other juveniles in different plumage states arriving before flying away all together Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 28 September 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 3.6 -
Three adults in a dead tree Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 3.3 -
Several birds in a palm tree Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2006 4 years ago 13 sec 2.8 -
A juvenile from a family group, calling from a branch. Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 29 July 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 2.7 -
An adult moving on branches and preening its back Locality Xaman-Ha Aviary, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2006 3 years ago 36 sec 1.9
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Juvenile bird feeding around the hotel.
Locality Cancún, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Stan Mansfield 25 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.5 -
Adult bird flattening itself, for some reason unknown to me, against a thatched roof at the entrance to the Tulum Mayan site.
Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Cliff Thornley 24 January 2012 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.4 -
Young Yucatan Jay near the Ruins at Tulum
Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Dave Rintoul 25 March 2011 35 weeks ago 3.2 -
High in the trees, on the riverside
Locality Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Photo-ay 2 years ago 2
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