Dwarf Jay

Cyanolyca nanus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)

Dwarf Jay, Cyanolyca nanus, is a jay of the Corvidae family found in south-west Mexico. It is the smallest jay in the Americas and is confined to a scattered range in Veracruz, Puebla and Oaxaca. It lives in humid pine-oak forest in upper subtropical and temperate zones, and also uses fir forest and secondary growth close to its main habitat. It is most often associated with dense understorey and subcanopy. It stays in the same area throughout the year. Its breeding season runs from March to July, and its nest is a moss and lichen cup lined with pine needles and rootlets.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Corvidae — Crows, Jays

Breeding range

Middle America: sw Mexico