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title: "White-throated Magpie-Jay"
description: "Cyanocorax formosus — Birds. The white-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus) is a large Central American species of magpie-jay."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-throated-magpie-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-throated Magpie-Jay

> Cyanocorax formosus — Birds. The white-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus) is a large Central American species of magpie-jay.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax formosus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 8082
- iNaturalist taxon: [1584283](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1584283)

## Names

- en: White-throated Magpie-Jay
- de: Langschwanzhäher
- es: Urraca copetona
- fr: Geai à face blanche

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3305), CR (3157), NI (512), SV (230), HN (203), GT (144)

## Summary

The white-throated magpie-jay (Cyanocorax formosus) is a large Central American species of magpie-jay. It ranges in Pacific-slope thorn forest from Jalisco, Mexico, to Northern Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Magpie-jays are noisy, gregarious birds, often traveling in easy-to-find flocks, mobbing their observers.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154662171

## Machine access

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