Black-collared jay

Black-collared jay
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanolyca
Species:
C. armillata
Binomial name
Cyanolyca armillata
(Gray, 1845)
Subspecies
  • C. a. armillata - Gray, 1845
  • C. a. meridana - Sclater and Salvin, 1876
  • C. a. quindiuna - Sclater and Salvin, 1876
Synonyms
  • Xanthura quindiuna

The black-collared jay (Cyanolyca armillata) is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific with the white-collared jay.