Alternative name: Collared Jay
- Cyanolyca armillata
Identification
30 - 34cm.
- Black forehead, lores and side of head creating a black mask
- Dull violaceous blue crown and nape
- Ultramraine thraot and central upper breast
- Narrow black collar connected with rear of black ear-coverts
- Cyan-blue rest of plumage
- Brown iris
- Black bill and legs
Sexes similar. Juveniles are duller and have a grey throat.
Similar species
Similar to Turquoise Jay.
Distribution
South America: found in the Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, and extreme northern Ecuador.
Population poorly known, usually uncommon or rare.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- C. a. armillata:
- C. a. quindiuna:
- C. a. meridana:
- Andes of north-western Venezuela (north to Trujillo)
Has been considered a subspecies of White-collared Jay in the past.
Habitat
Humid cloudforest at 1600m to 3250m.
Behaviour
Forages in small flocks in subcanopy and canopy.
Diet poorly known.
No information about breeding.
A sedentary species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-collared Jay. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-collared_Jay
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
