Psilorhinus morio
Silhouette: Peileppe · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Jay sighting in San Pedro Sula on a given day, based on 182 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 187 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Jay in San Pedro Sula on a given day, against about 20% in August and December–February, the lowest months.
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.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Brown Jay sightings, San Pedro Sula ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in San José (Costa Rica, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Brown Jay that you can see in San Pedro Sula (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great-tailed Grackle (about 90%), Tropical Kingbird (about 80%) and Clay-colored Thrush (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Jay is recorded against all the birds logged in San Pedro Sula (182 verified sightings), 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.
