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White-throated jay

Cyanolyca mirabilis Nelson, 1903

VUVulnerablesongbirds

The white-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 52 g to 52.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

White-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)
Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-throated jay

Weight
52.4 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
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-throated jay live?

Not recorded

What is the white-throated jay?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis), also known as the Omiltemi jay, is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays. It is endemic to Mexico.

From the Wikipedia article “White-throated jay” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-throated_jay&oldid=1380568461), 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 white-throated jay endangered?

The white-throated jay is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-throated jay classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusCyanolyca
  7. SpeciesCyanolyca mirabilis Nelson, 1903

Synonyms Cyanolyca mirabilis mirabilis

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Omilteme jayEnglish
  • Omiltemi jayEnglish
  • قيق أبيض الحنجرةArabic
  • gaig golablancCatalan
  • sojka bělohrdláCzech
  • sgrech yddfwenWelsh
  • Hvidstrubet AzurskadeDanish
  • WeißkehlhäherGerman
  • blankagorĝa garoloEsperanto
  • Chara de OmiltemiSpanish
  • Arrendajo de OmiltemiSpanish
  • Arrendajo garganta blancaSpanish
  • Chara garganta blancaSpanish
  • Urraca de OmiltemiSpanish
  • Urraca garganta blancaSpanish
  • valgekurk-sininäärEstonian
  • meksikonsininaakkaFinnish
  • Geai masquéFrench
  • Geai-bleu masquéFrench
  • bjelogrla šojkaCroatian
  • fehértorkú szajkóHungarian
  • Ghiandaia golabiancaItalian
  • ノドジロアオカケスJapanese
  • baltagurklis meksikinis kėkštasLithuanian
  • MaskergaaiDutch
  • aztekskrikeNorwegian
  • modrowronka białogardłaPolish
  • gaio-mascaradoPortuguese
  • gaio-de-garganta-brancaPortuguese
  • Белогорлая сойкаRussian
  • белогорлая мексиканская сойкаRussian
  • kapuciarka bielohrdláSlovak
  • Belogrla krejaSerbian
  • vitstrupig skrikaSwedish
  • Ak Gerdanlı Mavi KargaTurkish
  • гагер білогорлийUkrainian
  • 白喉蓝头鹊Chinese
  • 白喉藍頭鵲Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-throated jay

Other species in the same genus Cyanolyca.

NT, Near Threatened
Dwarf jay (Cyanolyca nanus)

Dwarf jay

Cyanolyca nanus

Corvidae

CompareWhite-throated jay vs Dwarf jayWhite-throated jay vs Azure-hooded jayWhite-throated jay vs Black-throated jayWhite-throated jay vs Silvery-throated jay

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-throated jay?

An adult white-throated jay weighs 52.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-throated jay endangered?

The white-throated jay is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the white-throated jay?

The white-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-throated-jay

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_throated_jay_2026,
  title = {White-throated jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-throated-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}