Black-chested jay

Species of bird

Black-chested jay

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Corvidae
Genus:  | Cyanocorax
Species:  |

C. affinis

Binomial name
Cyanocorax affinis

Pelzeln, 1856

The black-chested jay (Cyanocorax affinis) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.

Measuring 34 cm (13 in) long, this jay is easily recognized from its distinctive facial pattern and yellow eye. The head, face, and chest are mostly black with violet-blue spots above and below the eye, as well as a violet-blue malar stripe. The underparts are white as is the tip of the tail, while the upperparts and wings are mainly dark violet-blue.[2][3]

It is found in Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, Panama and far eastern Costa Rica.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

## References[edit]

1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Cyanocorax affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22705723A137750635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22705723A137750635.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 280\. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
3. ^ Schulenberg, T.S., ed. (2010). "Overview – Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca, NY, US: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cyanocorax affinis.

Wikispecies has information related to Cyanocorax affinis.

* BirdLife species factsheet for Cyanocorax affinis
* "Cyanocorax affinis". Avibase.
* "Black-chested jay media". Internet Bird Collection.
* Black-chested jay photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
* Interactive range map of Cyanocorax affinis at IUCN Red List maps
* Audio recordings of Black-chested jay on Xeno-canto.

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Extant species of family Corvidae

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Subclass: Neornithes
* Superorder: Neognathae
* Order: Passeriformes

Family Corvidae

| Choughs|

| Pyrrhocorax|

* Alpine chough (P. graculus)
* Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax)

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Treepies|

| Crypsirina|

* Hooded treepie (C. cucullata)
* Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia)

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Dendrocitta|

* Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi)
* Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens)
* Grey treepie (D. formosae)
* Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis)
* White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra)
* Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis)
* Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda)

Platysmurus|

* Malayan black magpie (P. leucopterus)
* Bornean black magpie (P. aterrimus)

Temnurus|

* Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus)

Oriental
magpies|

| Cissa|

* Common green magpie (C. chinensis)
* Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca)
* Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi)
* Javan green magpie (C. thalassina)

|

Urocissa|

* Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea)
* Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha)
* Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris)
* Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata)
* White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi)

Old World jays|

| Garrulus|

* Eurasian jay (G. glandarius)
* Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus)
* Lidth's jay (G. lidthi)

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Podoces
(Ground jays)|

* Xinjiang ground jay (P. biddulphi)
* Mongolian ground jay (P. hendersoni)
* Turkestan ground jay (P. panderi)
* Iranian ground jay (P. pleskei)

Ptilostomus|

* Piapiac (P. afer)

Stresemann's
bushcrow|

| Zavattariornis|

* Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)

|

Family Corvidae (continued)

| Nutcrackers|

| Nucifraga|

* Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes)
* Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana)
* Kashmir nutcracker (N. multipunctata)

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Holarctic
magpies|

| Pica|

* Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia)
* Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli)
* Eurasian magpie (P. pica)
* Oriental magpie (P. sericea)
* Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica)
* Asir magpie (P. asirensis)
* Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis)

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True crows|

| Corvus|

Australian and Melanesian species
Little crow (C. bennetti)
Australian raven (C. coronoides)
Bismarck crow (C. insularis)
Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus)
Bougainville crow (C. meeki)
Little raven (C. mellori)
New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides)
Torresian crow (C. orru)
Forest raven (C. tasmanicus)
Grey crow (C. tristis)
Long-billed crow (C. validus)
White-billed crow (C. woodfordi)

Pacific island species
Hawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis)
Mariana crow (C. kubaryi)

Tropical Asian species
Slender-billed crow (C. enca)
Small crow (C. samarensis)
Palawan crow (C. pusillus)
Flores crow (C. florensis)
Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos)
Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii)
Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus)
House crow (C. splendens)
Collared crow (C. torquatus)
Piping crow (C. typicus)
Banggai crow (C. unicolor)
Violet crow (C. violaceus)

Eurasian and North African species
Mesopotamian crow (C. capellanus)
Hooded crow (C. cornix)
Carrion crow (C. corone)
Rook (C. frugilegus)
Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis)
Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus)
Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis)

Holarctic species
Common raven (C. corax)

North and Central American species
American crow (C. brachyrhynchos)
Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus)
Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus)
Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis)
White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus)
Cuban crow (C. nasicus)
Fish crow (C. ossifragus)
Palm crow (C. palmarum)
Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae)

Tropical African species
White-necked raven (C. albicollis)
Pied crow (C. albus)
Cape crow (C. capensis)
Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris)
Somali crow (C. edithae)

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Jackdaws|

| Coloeus|

* Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus)
* Western jackdaw (C. monedula)

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Family Corvidae (continued)

| Azure-winged
magpies|

| Cyanopica|

* Iberian magpie (C. cooki)
* Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus)

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Grey jays|

| Perisoreus|

* Canada jay (P. canadensis)
* Siberian jay (P. infaustus)
* Sichuan jay (P. internigrans)

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New World jays|

| Aphelocoma
(Scrub jays)|

* California scrub jay (A. californica)
* Island scrub jay (A. insularis)
* Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii)
* Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens)
* Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina)
* Unicolored jay (A. unicolor)
* Mexican jay (A. wollweberi)

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Calocitta
(Magpie-Jays)|

* Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei)
* White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa)

Cyanocitta|

* Blue jay (C. cristata)
* Steller's jay (C. stelleri)

Cyanocorax|

* Black-chested jay (C. affinis)
* Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii)
* Azure jay (C. caeruleus)
* Cayenne jay (C. cayanus)
* Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops)
* Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus)
* Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas)
* White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon)
* Tufted jay (C. dickeyi)
* Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini)
* Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus)
* Brown jay (C. morio)
* White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis)
* San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus)
* Violaceous jay (C. violaceus)
* Green jay (C. ynca)
* Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus)

Cyanolyca|

* Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula)
* Black-collared jay (C. armillata)
* Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata)
* White-throated jay (C. mirabilis)
* Dwarf jay (C. nana)
* Beautiful jay (C. pulchra)
* Black-throated jay (C. pumilo)
* Turquoise jay (C. turcosa)
* White-collared jay (C. viridicyana)

Gymnorhinus|

* Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1588102
* Wikispecies: Cyanocorax affinis
* ADW: Cyanocorax_affinis
* Avibase: C63A2BBFF5C42B78
* BirdLife: 22705723
* BOLD: 97868
* CoL: 32NLC
* BOW: blcjay1
* eBird: blcjay1
* GBIF: 2482559
* IBC: black-chested-jay-cyanocorax-affinis
* iNaturalist: 8479
* IRMNG: 10216959
* ITIS: 559619
* IUCN: 22705723
* NCBI: 703278
* Neotropical: blcjay1
* Xeno-canto: Cyanocorax-affinis

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