Psilorhinus morio
Silhouette: Peileppe · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The brown jay (Cyanocorax morio) is a large jay native to Central America and southern Texas. The brown jay was formerly placed in its own genus Psilorhinus. When molecular phylogenetic studies found that the genus Cyanocorax was paraphyletic relative to Psilorhinus, Psilorhinus was subsumed into Cyanocorax to resolve the paraphyly.
Brown jays vary in plumage geographically: there are two main groups. Northern birds are almost completely dark brown, with lighter brown on the underparts. Southern birds are white-bellied and have bright white tips to the outer tail feathers. The intergrade zone is in Veracruz, Mexico. Adults in both populations have black bills, legs, and feet. Immatures have yellow bare parts, including yellow eye-rings.
The voice is a loud but low-pitched pee-ah call and is often modified to suit its situation or mood. The northernmost extent... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Jay sighting in Chirripó National Park on a given day, based on 569 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and April
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Jay in Chirripó National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month. Those are among Chirripó National Park's driest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 690 mm in October.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Jay sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
11th of 35
Of the 35 parks where we can rate Brown Jay sightings, Chirripó National Park ranks 11th at about 40%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 90%), Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 70%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 70%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Jay is recorded against all the birds logged in Chirripó National Park (569 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.
