---
title: "Brown Jay"
description: "Cyanocorax morio — Uccelli. The brown jay (Cyanocorax morio) is a large jay native to Central America and southern Texas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Jay

> Cyanocorax morio — Uccelli. The brown jay (Cyanocorax morio) is a large jay native to Central America and southern Texas.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax morio*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 8482
- iNaturalist taxon: [1584194](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1584194)

## Names

- en: Brown Jay
- de: Braunhäher
- es: Piapia
- fr: Geai enfumé

## Countries with the most observations

MX (4275), CR (2126), BZ (562), GT (446), HN (252), US (248), NI (86), PA (33)

## Summary

The brown jay (Cyanocorax morio) is a large jay native to Central America and southern Texas.

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

## Photo

![Brown Jay](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: Juan J. Morales-Trejo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163149002

## Machine access

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