Cyanolyca

Cyanolyca is a genus of nine species of small jays found in humid highland forests of southern Mexico, Central America and the Andes of South America, in the crow family Corvidae. The birds are predominantly blue with distinctive black masks, bills and legs, are described as skulking, and frequently join mixed-species flocks. The genus was established in 1851 by Jean Cabanis, its name combining Ancient Greek words for dark blue and a crow-like bird of classical texts, with the black-collared jay designated as type species in 1855 by George Robert Gray.