[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. This species is not known to wander from its south Texas range; the northernmost report is from Midland County in northwestern Texas.  The report cited by Ducey is certainly an error.

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.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2025.  Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 18 Jul 2025