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Yucatan jay

Cyanocorax yucatanicus (A. J. C. Dubois, 1875)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 118 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)
Photo: Alastair Rae · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yucatan jay

Weight
118 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
5src 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

Where does the yucatan jay live?

Not recorded

What is the yucatan jay?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and their allies. It is native to the Yucatán Peninsula where its habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, plantations and cleared areas at altitudes up to 250 m (820 ft). Adults are about 30 cm (12 in) long, black, with blue wings, mantle, and tail, black bills, yellow eye rings and legs. Immature birds have yellow bills. This is a common species of jay with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".

From the Wikipedia article “Yucatan jay” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yucatan_jay&oldid=1381595236), 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 yucatan jay endangered?

The yucatan 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.

How is the yucatan jay classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusCyanocorax
  7. SpeciesCyanocorax yucatanicus (A. J. C. Dubois, 1875)

Synonyms Cissilopha yucatanica, Cissilopha yucatanicus yucatanicus, Corvus cimiciphagus, Cyanocitta crassirostris, Cyanocitta germana, Cyanocitta yucatanica

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Yucatán jayEnglish
  • قيق يوكاتانArabic
  • gaig del YucatanCatalan
  • sojka yukatanskáCzech
  • Sgrech YucatanWelsh
  • Yucatán BlåskadeDanish
  • YucatanblaurabeGerman
  • YucatánblaurabeGerman
  • jukatana garoloEsperanto
  • Chara yucatecaSpanish
  • Arrendajo yucatecoSpanish
  • Urraca yucatecaSpanish
  • yucatani sininäärEstonian
  • جیجاق یوکاتانPersian
  • jukataninharakkaFinnish
  • Geai du YucatanFrench
  • Geai-bleu du YucatanFrench
  • jukatanska šojkaCroatian
  • yucatani indigószajkóHungarian
  • Ghiandaia dello YucatanItalian
  • ユカタンヌレバカケスJapanese
  • jukataninis margasis kėkštasLithuanian
  • Zhį́ʼii dootłʼizhí bijáád łitsooígííNavajo
  • YucatángaaiDutch
  • yucatánskrikeNorwegian
  • modrowronka jukatańskaPolish
  • gaio-do-iucatãoPortuguese
  • gaio-de-iucatãPortuguese
  • Юкатанская сойкаRussian
  • kapuciarka žltonoháSlovak
  • Jukatanska krejaSerbian
  • YucatanskrikaSwedish
  • yucatánskrikaSwedish
  • Yukatan Mavi KargasıTurkish
  • пая юкатанськаUkrainian
  • 尤卡蓝鸦Chinese
  • 尤卡坦蓝鸦Chinese
  • 猶加敦冠鴉Chinese

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Relatives of the yucatan jay

Other species in the same genus Cyanocorax.

LC, Least Concern
Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Inca jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Corvidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yucatan jay?

An adult yucatan jay weighs 118 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yucatan jay endangered?

The yucatan 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 yucatan jay?

The yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-jay

MLA

“Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-jay.

BibTeX
@misc{yucatan_jay_2026,
  title = {Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}