Cyanolyca
| Cyanolyca | |
|---|---|
| Cyanolyca turcosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyanocoracinae |
| Genus: | Cyanolyca Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Cyanocorax armillatus Gray, 1845 | |
| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
Cyanolyca is a genus of small jays found in humid highland forests in southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes in South America. All are largely blue and have a black mask. They also possess black bills and legs and are skulking birds. They frequently join mixed-species flocks of birds.