White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Corvidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru

white-tailed_jay
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru

white-tailed_jay
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru

white-tailed_jay
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru

Identification & Behavior: ~32.5 cm (12.7 in). The White-tailed Jay is mostly white with a blue back and central pair of tail feathers. It has a black head and front of the neck with pale yellow iris and a white patch below the eye. It forages in semi-deciduous forests and tall scrub in pairs or family groups. It is unmistakable in its range but see Green Jay.

Status: The White-tailed Jay is uncommon and widespread in northwestern lowlands where it is known to range up to 1800 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Urraca de Cola Blanca.

Sub-species: White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis), (de Sparre), 1835.

Meaning of Name: Cyanocorax: Gr. kuanos, cyaneus= dark-blue and korax, korakos= raven, crow. mystacalis: Gr. mustax, mustakos= moustache, mystacalis= moustached.

See more of the Family Corvidae peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.