Cyanolyca armillata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The black-collared jay (Cyanolyca armillata) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The black-collared jay was originally described in 1845 as Cyanocorax armillatus. It and several other species were later moved to their current genus Cyanolyca. The black-collared jay and the turquoise jay (Cyanolyca turcosa) were for a time treated as subspecies of the white-collared jay (C. viridicyanus) but they were separated beginning in the 1950s.
The black-collared jay's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and the Clements taxonomy assign it these three subspecies: Cyanolyca armillata armillata (Gray, 1845) Cyanolyca armillata meridana Sclater & Salvin, 1876
Cyanolyca armillata quindiuna Sclater & Salvin, 1876 However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) treats quindiuna as a separate species, the Quindio jay, and retains the English name "black-collared jay" for the other two subspecies. Clements does recognize the taxon within the species as the "black-collared jay (Quindio)". At least one nineteenth centur author called the taxon Xanthura quindiuna... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-collared Jay sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–July and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-collared Jay in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-collared Jay sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-collared Jay sightings, Chingaza National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-collared Jay is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (62 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
