White-collared jay

White-collared jay
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanolyca
Species: C. viridicyanus
Binomial name
Cyanolyca viridicyanus
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)
Synonyms

Cyanolyca viridicyana

The white-collared jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is found in Andean forests in Peru and Bolivia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the black-collared jay.

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