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Bushy-crested jay

Cyanocorax melanocyaneus (Hartlaub, 1844)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 101 g to 110 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus)
Photo: dominic sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bushy-crested jay

Weight
101 g – 110 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the bushy-crested jay

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Bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus)
John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the bushy-crested jay live?

Not recorded

What is the bushy-crested jay?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Central America, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. There are two subspecies, C. m. melanocyaneus which is found in Guatemala and southern El Salvador, and C. m. chavezi from Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua.

From the Wikipedia article “Bushy-crested jay” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bushy-crested_jay&oldid=1379847421), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bushy-crested jay endangered?

The bushy-crested jay is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the bushy-crested jay classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusCyanocorax
  7. SpeciesCyanocorax melanocyaneus (Hartlaub, 1844)

Synonyms Cissilopha melanocyanea, Cissilopha melanocyaneus melanocyaneus, Garrulus melanocyaneus

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • قيق كثيف التاجArabic
  • gaig centreamericàCatalan
  • sojka černomodráCzech
  • Blåbuget BlåskadeDanish
  • HartlaubblaurabeGerman
  • HartlaubblauhäherGerman
  • bluventra garoloEsperanto
  • Chara sharaSpanish
  • Arrendajo sharaSpanish
  • Chara centroamericanaSpanish
  • Urraca sharaSpanish
  • honduurase sininäärEstonian
  • tammiharakkaFinnish
  • Geai houppéFrench
  • Geai-bleu houppéFrench
  • plavoleđa šojkaCroatian
  • Hartlaub-indigószajkóHungarian
  • Ghiandaia cespugliosaItalian
  • ヤマヌレバカケスJapanese
  • krūmyninis margasis kėkštasLithuanian
  • Zhį́ʼii dootłʼizhí bitsiiʼ łizhinígííNavajo
  • GeelooggaaiDutch
  • raggskrikeNorwegian
  • modrowronka kędzierzawaPolish
  • gaio-de-capuzPortuguese
  • gaio-hondurenhoPortuguese
  • Чёрно-синяя сойкаRussian
  • Кустарниковая чёрно-синяя сойкаRussian
  • kapuciarka hôrnaSlovak
  • Gvatemalska plavo-crna krejaSerbian
  • hartlaubskrikaSwedish
  • hondurasskrikaSwedish
  • Kabarık Tepeli Mavi KargaTurkish
  • пая кучеряваUkrainian
  • 叢冠鴉Chinese
  • 浓冠鸦Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bushy-crested jay

Other species in the same genus Cyanocorax.

LC, Least Concern
Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Inca jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern
Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)

Yucatan jay

Cyanocorax yucatanicus

Corvidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bushy-crested jay?

An adult bushy-crested jay weighs 101 g – 110 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bushy-crested jay endangered?

The bushy-crested jay is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bushy-crested jay?

The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{bushy_crested_jay_2026,
  title = {Bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bushy-crested-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}