---
title: "Black-throated Magpie-Jay"
description: "Cyanocorax colliei — Birds. The black-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax colliei) is a strikingly long-tailed magpie-jay of northwestern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-throated-magpie-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-throated Magpie-Jay

> Cyanocorax colliei — Birds. The black-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax colliei) is a strikingly long-tailed magpie-jay of northwestern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax colliei*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3816
- iNaturalist taxon: [1584359](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1584359)

## Names

- en: Black-throated Magpie-Jay
- de: Blauwangenhäher
- es: Urraca Cara Negra
- fr: Geai à face noire

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3196), US (338)

## Summary

The black-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax colliei) is a strikingly long-tailed magpie-jay of northwestern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-throated_magpie-jay

## Photo

![Black-throated Magpie-Jay](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-throated-magpie-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163254770

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-throated-magpie-jay?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).