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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Part of
- jay
- Parent taxon
- Cyanocorax
- Mass
- 118
- Image
- Yucatan Jay -Mexico -adult-8.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- taxon name
- Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- egg incubation period
- 17
- litter size
- 5
- short name
- C. yucatanicus
- taxon common name
- Chara Yucateca
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Encyclopedic overview
The Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and their allies. It is native to the Yucatán Peninsula where its habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, plantations and cleared areas at altitudes up to 250 m (820 ft). Adults are about 30 cm (12 in) long, black, with blue wings, mantle, and tail, black bills, yellow eye rings and legs. Immature birds have yellow bills. This is a common species of jay with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yucatan Jay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.