Least ConcernClark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
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Birds · Passeriformes · Corvidae
Cyanocorax yncas
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The green jay is a small, spectacular corvid of the Andean cloud forests: bright green above, yellow below, with a black face, a crown of electric-blue feathers and yellow eyes. It lives in noisy family groups that work the understorey and middle storey, and it breeds cooperatively. Like all corvids it is highly intelligent and notably opportunistic.
Weight
76 g – 88 g
Size
25 cm – 30 cm
Life expectancy
15 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Family group
Lives in small family groups with close bonds.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Cyanocorax yncas
Best time: All year round in the forests of Mexico, Central America and the Andes, by day; it moves in noisy groups through the understorey.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 23.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Green Jay — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about green jay.
