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Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)

About Azure-hooded Jay (Cyanolyca cucullata)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Jays and Crows

The azure-hooded jay is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Middle America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species is known to have four subspecies. It is 11 to 12 inches in length and is dark blue with a black head and upper chest. The back of the head and neck are sky blue with a white border.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2007-10-14

    Ixhuacan de los Reyes, Mexico
    very brief clear view, but could have been another species.