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Photo by Robert Scanlon
Location: La Suiza Nature Reserve near Pereira, Colombia
This is Cyanocorax yncas galeatus.
Cyanocorax yncas

Identification

  • Green tail with yellow outer feathers and yellow under-tail coverts.
  • Cheeks, throat and upper breast are black.
  • Crown and moustache-streaks are blue.
  • Whitish forehead and eyebrow streak.
  • Brown eyed.
  • Bill and legs black.

Juveniles duller black areas, blues more greenish, and under parts paler.

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Texas USA, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

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