[GREEN JAY]

Cyanocorax yncas

Status:  No accepted records.

Taxonomy: Twelve subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), only one, glaucescens, occurring north of Mexico, in south Texas.

Comments:  The only report is a mention by Ducey (1989), who considered the report questionable, of its occurrence in the Panhandle along the Niobrara River in the period 1921-1960; no other details were given. The report cited by Ducey is certainly an error.

This species is undergoing a range expansion in south Texas, driven apparently by climate change and shifts in vegetation communities (Giese and Hall 2024); the northernmost report is for Bandera Co in central Texas.

Abbreviation

AOS: American Ornithological Society

Literature Cited

AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.

Ducey, J.E. 1989. Birds of the Niobrara River valley, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 27: 37-60.

Giese, J.C. and J.D. Hall. 2024. Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grnjay.02.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2026.  Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 24 Jul 2026