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The Yucatan jay is a medium sized jay, averaging 31–33 cm (12–13 in) long. [15] There is some variation in size between the sexes. The average wing length for adults is 141 mm (5.6 in) for males and 139.5 mm (5.49 in) for females, and the average tail length is 142.5 mm (5.61 in) for males and 141.5 mm (5.57 in) for females.
Yucatan jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus; Swallows ... Most species have black as the predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
The Inca jay was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. [2] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton ...
White-tailed jay: Ecuador and Peru C.beecheii group (Cissilopha): Central America Cyanocorax melanocyaneus: Bushy-crested jay: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua Cyanocorax yucatanicus: Yucatan jay: Yucatán Peninsula Cyanocorax beecheii: Purplish-backed jay: northwestern Mexico Cyanocorax sanblasianus: San Blas jay: Mexico
Brown jay, Psilorhinus morio; Tufted jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi (E) (near-threatened) Green jay, Cyanocorax yncas; San Blas jay, Cyanocorax sanblasianus (E) Yucatan jay, Cyanocorax yucatanicus; Purplish-backed jay, Cyanocorax beecheii (E) Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (vulnerable) Steller's jay, Cyanocitta stelleri
The Transvolcanic jay inhabits montane forest in the Transvolcanic Belt of central Mexico. Populations to the north retained the common name Mexican jay, but the Latin name changed to A. wollweberi. This was because the type specimen was a Transvolcanic jay, meaning that this species had precedent for the original Latin name A. ultramarina.
The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub which nest in bushes or trees. Long-billed gnatwren, Ramphocaenus melanurus; Slate-throated gnatcatcher, Polioptila schistaceigula (A) White-browed gnatcatcher, Polioptila bilineata
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