White-tailed Jay
Cyanocorax mystacalis(de Sparre, LEG, 1835)
English (US) White-tailed Jay
The White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: arid southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru (south to La Libertad)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanocorax mystacalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Jay
- Described by
- (de Sparre, LEG, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pica mystacalis
- Described by
- (de Sparre, LEG, 1835)
- Type locality
- Guayaquil [Ecuador].
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 5 cl.2 pl.34
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Brown Jay
Cyanocorax morio
Azure Jay
Cyanocorax coeruleus
Violaceous Jay
Cyanocorax violaceus
Purplish Jay
Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Curl-crested Jay
Cyanocorax cristatellus
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Bushy-crested Jay
Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
Yucatan Jay
Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Purplish-backed Jay
Cyanocorax beecheii
San Blas Jay
Cyanocorax sanblasianus
Tufted Jay
Cyanocorax dickeyi
Black-chested Jay
Cyanocorax affinis
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