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;[[:Category:Cyanolyca|Cyanolyca]] cucullata | ;[[:Category:Cyanolyca|Cyanolyca]] cucullata | ||
| − | [[Image:Azure-hooded_Jay.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Birdingcraft|Birdingcraft}}<br /> | + | [[Image:Azure-hooded_Jay.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Nominate race<br />Photo by {{user|Birdingcraft|Birdingcraft}}<br />Santa Elena Reserve (Monteverde), [[Costa Rica]], February 1996]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 28cm | + | 28cm<br /> |
| + | Dark blue with head black on sides and front, pale blue crown, dark red eyes.<br /> | ||
| + | Variation among subspecies seems to include whether sides of head are black or dark blue, and whether the pale blue is bordered in white. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Central America]]: found in the highlands from central [[Mexico]] south to [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] with an isolated population (subspecies ''cucullata'') in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]. | |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | There are 4 subspecies | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| − | * ''C. c. | + | There are 4 subspecies: |
| − | * ''C. c. | + | *''C. c. mitrata'': |
| − | * ''C. c. | + | :*Eastern [[Mexico]] (San Luis Potosí to north-central Oaxaca) |
| − | * ''C. c. | + | *''C. c. guatemalae'': |
| − | + | :*Southern [[Mexico]] (Chiapas) to central [[Guatemala]] | |
| + | *''C. c. hondurensis'': | ||
| + | :*Western [[Honduras]] | ||
| + | *''C. c. cucullata'': | ||
| + | :*[[Costa Rica]] and western [[Panama]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Cloud forests at approximately 1000-2000 meters in elevation; remarkably, the favorite elevation for this bird seems similar in Mexico and Panama. | Cloud forests at approximately 1000-2000 meters in elevation; remarkably, the favorite elevation for this bird seems similar in Mexico and Panama. | ||
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==Bahaviour== | ==Bahaviour== | ||
Moves around in small flocks, and may join mixed species flocks. Often found high and the pale crown therefore difficult to see. | Moves around in small flocks, and may join mixed species flocks. Often found high and the pale crown therefore difficult to see. | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Their diet includes ants. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | # Costaricalink | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Costaricalink |
| − | # Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 | + | #Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124 |
| − | # Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 | + | #Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126 |
| + | #BF Member observations | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Cyanolyca+cucullata}} | {{GSearch|Cyanolyca+cucullata}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Cyanolyca]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Cyanolyca]] | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 21 July 2009
- Cyanolyca cucullata
Identification
28cm
Dark blue with head black on sides and front, pale blue crown, dark red eyes.
Variation among subspecies seems to include whether sides of head are black or dark blue, and whether the pale blue is bordered in white.
Distribution
Central America: found in the highlands from central Mexico south to Guatemala and Honduras with an isolated population (subspecies cucullata) in Costa Rica and Panama.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 4 subspecies:
- C. c. mitrata:
- Eastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí to north-central Oaxaca)
- C. c. guatemalae:
- C. c. hondurensis:
- Western Honduras
- C. c. cucullata:
- Costa Rica and western Panama
Habitat
Cloud forests at approximately 1000-2000 meters in elevation; remarkably, the favorite elevation for this bird seems similar in Mexico and Panama.
Bahaviour
Moves around in small flocks, and may join mixed species flocks. Often found high and the pale crown therefore difficult to see.
Diet
Their diet includes ants.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Costaricalink
- Howell & Webb, 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198540124
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
- BF Member observations
