Cayenne jay

Cayenne jay

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanocorax
Species:	C. cayanus
Binomial name
*Cyanocorax cayanus* (Linnaeus, 1766)

The Cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cyanocorax cayanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Extant species of family Corvidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes
Superorder: Neognathae
Order: Passeriformes

Family Corvidae

Choughs

Pyrrhocorax	Alpine chough (P. graculus) Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax)

Treepies

Crypsirina	Hooded treepie (C. cucullata) Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia)

Dendrocitta	Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi) Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) Grey treepie (D. formosae) Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis) White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra) Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis) Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda)

Platysmurus	Black magpie (P. leucopterus) Bornean black magpie (P. l. aterrimus)

Temnurus	Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus)

Oriental
magpies

Cissa	Common green magpie (C. chinensis) Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca) Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi) Javan green magpie (C. thalassina)

Urocissa	Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea) Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris) Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata) White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi)

Old World jays

Garrulus	Eurasian jay (G. glandarius) Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus) Lidth's jay (G. lidthi)

Podoces (Ground jays)	Biddulph's ground jay (P. biddulphi) Henderson's ground jay (P. hendersoni) Pander's ground jay (P. panderi) Persian ground jay (P. pleskei)

Ptilostomus	Piapiac (P. afer)

Stresemann's
bushcrow

Zavattariornis	Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)

Family Corvidae (continued)

Nutcrackers

Nucifraga	Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana)

Holarctic
magpies

Pica	Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia) Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli) Eurasian magpie (P. pica) Korean magpie (P. sericea)

True crows
(crows, ravens,
jackdaws and rooks)

Corvus

Australian and Melanesian species: Little crow (C. bennetti); Australian raven (C. coronoides); Bismarck crow (C. insularis); Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus); Bougainville crow (C. meeki); Little raven (C. mellori); New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides); Torresian crow (C. orru); Forest raven (C. tasmanicus); Grey crow (C. tristis); Long-billed crow (C. validus); White-billed crow (C. woodfordi)

Pacific island species: Hawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis); Mariana crow (C. kubaryi)

Tropical Asian species: Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus); Slender-billed crow (C. enca); Flores crow (C. florensis); Jungle crow (C. macrorhynchos); House crow (C. splendens); Collared crow (C. torquatus); Piping crow (C. typicus); Banggai crow (C. unicolor); Violet crow (C. violaceus)

Eurasian and North African species: Mesopotamian crow (C. capellanus); Hooded crow (C. cornix); Carrion crow (C. corone); Rook (C. frugilegus); Jackdaw (C. monedula ); Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis); Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus); Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis)

Holarctic species: Common raven (C. corax)

North and Central American species: American crow (C. brachyrhynchos); Northwestern crow (C. caurinus); Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus); Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus); Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis); White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus); Cuban crow (C. nasicus); Fish crow (C. ossifragus); Palm crow (C. palmarum); Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae)

Tropical African species: White-necked raven (C. albicollis); Pied crow (C. albus); Cape crow (C. capensis); Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris); Somali crow (C. edithae)

Family Corvidae (continued)

Azure-winged
magpies

Cyanopica	Iberian magpie (C. cooki) Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus)

Grey jays

Perisoreus	Gray jay (P. canadensis) Siberian jay (P. infaustus) Sichuan jay (P. internigrans)

New World jays

Aphelocoma (Scrub jays)	Western scrub jay (A. californica) Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens) Island scrub jay (A. insularis) Mexican jay (A. ultramarina) Unicolored jay (A. unicolor)

Calocitta (Magpie-Jays)	Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei) White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa)

Cyanocitta	Blue jay (C. cristata) Steller's jay (C. stelleri)

Cyanocorax	Black-chested jay (C. affinis) Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii) Azure jay (C. caeruleus) Cayenne jay (C. cayanus) Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops) Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus) Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas) White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon) Tufted jay (C. dickeyi) Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini) Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus) Brown jay (C. morio) White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis) San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus) Violaceous jay (C. violaceus) Green jay (C. ynca) Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus)

Cyanolyca	Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula) Black-collared jay (C. armillata) Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata) White-throated jay (C. mirabilis) Dwarf jay (C. nana) Beautiful jay (C. pulchra) Black-throated jay (C. pumilo) Turquoise jay (C. turcosa) White-collared jay (C. viridicyana)

Gymnorhinus	Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus)

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