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Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri ridgwayi

Description:

Guatemalan subspecies of this bird, a beautiful and tropical color variation of the blue Steller's Jay.

Habitat:

Sub-tropical montane forest at the Suburbs of Guatemala City 1800 msnm

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11 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Four, very beautiful photos....A masterpiece, of beauty and color....

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Very cool bird.

AndresDuarte
AndresDuarte 11 years ago

Thank you all, this is one of my favorite birds that visit my house. I've uploaded 2 more pictures that got hanged on my ipad when uploading.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Excellent find Andrés, felicidades!

Jared Hersch
Jared Hersch 11 years ago

Like this BIRD!!!!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Subspecies is C.s. ridgwayi - quite different-looking from the Steller's Jays we're used to seeing in the US.

XXD17
XXD17 11 years ago

It is a stellar's just a central American subspecies

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

cool!

Nayeli
Nayeli 11 years ago

Nice!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Beautiful !

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

AndresDuarte, this is a lovely bird, but it is not a Stellar's jay. Stellar's look like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/913....

AndresDuarte
Spotted by
AndresDuarte

Guatemala, Guatemala

Spotted on Dec 31, 2012
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013

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