Credit: Laura Gooch
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Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
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27 cm (10-11") Rare and local. Southern Texas. Tropical bird with range that extends to southern tip of Texas. Streamside bushy areas along Rio Grande.
Unmistakable. Blue and black head. Green body. Golden outer tail feathers.
Comes to feeders in winter.
Song: raspy "cheh-cheh-cheh".
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Credit: Laura Gooch
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Cyanocorax yncas (Boddaert, 1783)
Credit: Fondation Papiliorama NocturamaGreen Jay
Credit: Seth PattersonBird Advisor Identification rules 1 variant · 1 rule
These are the observation paths the Bird Advisor can use to identify this species. Each rule is an alternative match.
Green Jay
1 ruleRule 1 13 criteria · confidence 1
- Did the WINGS have STRIPES or PATCHES ?
- No · Unknown
- What colour was the BACK ?
- Green · Unknown
- What colour was the BELLY ?
- Yellow · Olive (yellowish-green) · Green · Unknown
- What colour was the BREAST ?
- Yellow · Olive (yellowish-green) · Green · Unknown
- What colour was the THROAT ?
- Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What SHAPE was the BILL ?
- Straight and slender · Straight and thick · Conical and slender · Unknown
- What LENGTH was the BILL ?
- Short · Medium · Long · Unknown
- What FACIAL or HEAD features were noted if any ?
- Dark area behind, under, through or around the eye · NONE of the above or a PLAIN unmarked FACE · Unknown
- What colour was the TOP of HEAD ?
- Blue · Unknown
- What was the predominant colour of the HEAD ?
- Blue · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- How BIG was the bird ?
- Sparrow-sized · Robin-sized · Pigeon-sized
- What TYPE of bird was seen ?
- Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- WHERE was the bird seen ?
- Southwestern United States