Cyanolyca
Genus of birds
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Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds.[2]
| Cyanolyca | |
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| Cyanolyca turcosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyanocoracinae |
| Genus: | Cyanolyca Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Cyanocorax armillatus[1] Gray, 1845 | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Taxonomy
The genus Cyanolyca was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek κυανος/ kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with λυκος/lukos, a type of crow, perhaps the jackdaw, that was mentioned by Aristotle and Hesychius of Alexandria.[4] Cabanis did not specify a type species but in 1855 George Gray designated the type as Cyanocorax armillatus Gray, 1845, the black-collared jay.[5][6]
Species
The genus contains nine species.[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| White-throated jay | Cyanolyca mirabilis |  | |
.jpg) | Dwarf jay | Cyanolyca nanus |  |
_2.jpg) | Black-throated jay | Cyanolyca pumilo |  |
 | Silvery-throated jay | Cyanolyca argentigula |  |
 | Azure-hooded jay | Cyanolyca cucullata |  |
 | Beautiful jay | Cyanolyca pulchra |  |
 | Black-collared jay | Cyanolyca armillata |  |
 | Turquoise jay | Cyanolyca turcosa |  |
.jpg) | White-collared jay | Cyanolyca viridicyanus |  |
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