Adult (Green) © Scott Martin eBird S41275314 Macaulay Library ML 79048551
Adult (Green) © Danny Tipton
Adult (Inca) © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Adult (Inca) © Edwin Munera
Adult (Inca) © Marc FASOL
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Adult (Green) © Don Brode
Adult (Inca) © Bryan Calk

Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas

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Identification

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Stunning and unmistakable: green and yellow plumage with bold black-and-blue head pattern. Birds from Texas to Honduras have a blue crown, dark eye, and relatively uniform lime-green body, and occur in small flocks in woodland with brushy understory. Birds in South America, sometimes called Inca Jays, occur in Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Bolivia. They show a white crown, pale eye, blue forehead tuft, and rich sulphur-yellow belly contrasting with darker green upperparts. Both populations give a variety of strange mechanical calls.

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