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;Cyanocorax sanblasianus
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Entirely black underparts and metallic blue upperparts.  Juveniles have brown eyes and yellow bill and the adults golden eyes and dark bill.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Endemic to the Pacific Slope of Mexico from Nayarit to Guerrero.
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[[Mexico]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Humid forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Birds hatched during one year will help raising the new brood the following year. San Blas Jays are almost exclusively found in flocks of between 15 - 20 birds.  They forage low to high in canopy and often on or near the ground
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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Revision as of 15:56, 11 March 2008

Photo by Glen Tepke
Adult. Mismaloya, Jalisco, Mexico, 18 January 2008.
Photo by Glen Tepke
Immature. Mismaloya, Jalisco, Mexico, 18 January 2008.
Cyanocorax sanblasianus

Identification

Entirely black underparts and metallic blue upperparts. Juveniles have brown eyes and yellow bill and the adults golden eyes and dark bill.

Distribution

Mexico.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Humid forests.

Behaviour

Birds hatched during one year will help raising the new brood the following year. San Blas Jays are almost exclusively found in flocks of between 15 - 20 birds. They forage low to high in canopy and often on or near the ground

External Links

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