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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.
Cyanocitta is a genus of birds in the family Corvidae, a family which contains the crows, jays and magpies. The genus includes two crested jays with blue plumage and a distinctive feather crest. Found only in temperate North America, the Rocky Mountains divide the two species.
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 ...
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids.
Cyanocorax is a genus of New World jays, passerine birds in the family Corvidae.It contains several closely related species that primarily are found in wooded habitats, chiefly in lowland tropical rainforest but in some cases also in seasonally dry forest, grassland and montane forest.
Living in most areas of the United States, from Florida to Canada, blue jays like to reside in pine forests, but they will venture out to feast from bird feeders, cool off in a bird bath, or take ...
The new images, which portray the birds mid-flight or perched in trees, were compared to photos taken of the bird in 1935, and its white saddle and slim frame were used to help identify it.
Pages in category "Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. ... Yucatan gnatcatcher; Yucatan jay; Yucatan ...