The black-collared jay (''Cyanolyca armillata'') is a
jay
A jay is a member of a number of species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the Crow family, Corvidae. The evolutionary relationships between the jays and the magpies are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian m ...
found in
Andean
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...
forests in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
,
Colombia
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and
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It was formerly considered
conspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ ...
with the
white-collared jay
The white-collared jay (''Cyanolyca viridicyanus'') is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Andean forests in Peru and Bolivia. It was formerly considered conspecific with the black-collared jay
The black-collared jay (''Cy ...
.
References
* Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.
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black-collared jay
The black-collared jay (''Cyanolyca armillata'') is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a b ...
Birds of the Colombian Andes
Birds of the Venezuelan Andes
black-collared jay
The black-collared jay (''Cyanolyca armillata'') is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a b ...
black-collared jay
The black-collared jay (''Cyanolyca armillata'') is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a b ...
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