Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Cyanocorax
- eBird Code
- grnjay
Taxonomy Changes
Cyanocorax luxuosus → Cyanocorax yncas
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Subspecies (12)
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Cyanocorax yncas centralis
southeastern Mexico (Tabasco) to Belize, eastern Guatemala, and Honduras
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Cyanocorax yncas confusus
Chiapas (southern Mexico) and western Guatemala
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Cyanocorax yncas cyanodorsalis
central and eastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
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Cyanocorax yncas galeatus
subtropical central Colombia (west of eastern Andes)
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Cyanocorax yncas glaucescens
extreme southern Texas (southern USA), Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico)
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Cyanocorax yncas guatimalensis
coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela
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Cyanocorax yncas longirostris
northern Peru (arid upper Marañón Valley)
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Cyanocorax yncas luxuosus
San Luis Potosi to northeastern Puebla and central Veracruz (east-central Mexico)
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Cyanocorax yncas maya
southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) and far southern Quintana Roo
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Cyanocorax yncas speciosus
Pacific slope of western Mexico (Nayarit and Jalisco)
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Cyanocorax yncas vividus
Colima and Guerrero (southwestern Mexico) to western Guatemala
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Cyanocorax yncas yncas
subtropical southwestern Colombia to Ecuador, Peru, and central Bolivia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.