Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio

Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio, Sub-adult. Photograph taken in the coastal region of Costa Rica, February 2016. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio. Photographs taken in the coastal region of Costa Rica, February 2016. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

The Brown Jay, Cyanocorax morio, is a member of the Corvidae Family of Crows, Jays and Magpies. They are mid-sized in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Atlantic Slope from Tampico, Tamaulipas to Belize, including the Yucatán Peninsula at elevations below 2,500 m (8,200 feet). From a conservation perspective the Brown Jay is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in humid lowland forests and secondary growth in close proximity to fresh water. They consume seasonal fruits, nectar, arthropods and small vertebrates.