Crows (Corvidae)
Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) - HBW 14, p. 579
French: Geai du Yucatan
German: Yucatanblaurabe
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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Adult feeding on ants in tree. Locality Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize District, Belize (ssp yucatanicus)
Wayne Hall 13 March 2013 9 weeks ago 22 sec 4.8 -
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 5 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
Three adults in a dead tree Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2006 6 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
Adult perched on a wire and calling before flying away. Locality Grand Sirenis Resort, Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanensis)
Ken Simonite 5 January 2013 12 weeks ago 24 sec 3.5 -
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 5 years ago 23 sec 3 -
Several birds in a palm tree Locality Tulum, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp yucatanicus)
Josep del Hoyo 25 September 2006 6 years ago 13 sec 2.8
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Juvenile bird feeding around the hotel.
Locality Cancún, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Stan Mansfield 25 December 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
An adult on a branch
Locality Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Guy Poisson 30 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
A juvenile
Locality Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Guy Poisson 30 December 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Perched juvenile.
Locality Grand Sirenis Resort, Akumal, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Ken Simonite 2 January 2013 19 weeks ago 3.8 -
Young Yucatan Jay squawking to be fed.
Locality Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
Lee Hunter 16 August 2009 18 weeks ago 3.8 -
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 1 year ago 3.5
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A family group calling. Locality Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern)
(Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 29 July 2005 22 weeks ago 4.7
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