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WoodlandMedium · 234 g
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This species is 58.5 to 76.5 cm (23.0 to 30.1 in) long, more than half of which is the tail, and weight is 225–251 g (7.9–8.9 oz). Only a very few corvids, including the black-billed magpie, the red-billed blue magpie and the closely related white-throated magpie-jay, have a comparable tail length. The upperparts are blue with white tips to the tail feathers; the underparts are white. The bill, legs, head, and conspicuous crest are black except for a pale blue crescent over the eyes and a patch under the eye.
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When to see the Black-throated Magpie-Jay
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-throated Magpie-Jay
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
About the Black-throated Magpie-Jay
The black-throated magpie-jay is a strikingly long-tailed magpie-jay of northwestern Mexico.
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Easily confused with
Curl-crested JayCyanocorax cristatellusThe curl-crested jay is a species of jay native to South America.
San Blas JayCyanocorax sanblasianusThe adult San Blas jay is between 27 and 35 cm (11 and 14 in) long and weighs between 92 and 122 g (3 and 4 oz).
White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogonThe white-naped jay is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.
Side by side: Black-throated Magpie-Jay vs San Blas Jay
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