Black-necked mexican jay

Black-necked Mexican Jay ( lat. Cyanolyca pumilo ) is a bird of the Corvidae family .

Black-necked mexican jay
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes Kingdom: Animals Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Secondary Type of: Chordate Subtype : Vertebrates Infratype : Maxillary Overclass : Tetrapods Grade: Birds Subclass : Real birds Infraclass : Newborn Squad: Passerines Suborder : Songbirds Infrastructure : Corvida Superfamily : Corvoidea Family: Corvids Gender: Mexican jays View: Black-necked mexican jay
International scientific name
Cyanolyca pumilo Strickland , 1849
Security status
Least Concerned IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22705669

Up to 34 cm long, weighing up to 210 gr. The bird is dark blue with a black head, physique similar to magpie .

It lives in the mountains, deserts and steppes of Mexico , Guatemala and Honduras .

The bird eats the stems and fruits of cacti , seeds, insects, eggs and chicks, small rodents and reptiles.