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title: "Green Jay"
description: "Cyanocorax yncas — Uccelli. The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is native to the Andes of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Jay

> Cyanocorax yncas — Uccelli. The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is native to the Andes of South America.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax yncas*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 14599
- Wikidata: [Q918078](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918078)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8474](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8474)

## Names

- en: Green Jay
- de: Grünhäher
- es: Chara verde
- fr: Geai vert
- nl: Incagaai
- pt: Gaio Verde
- pl: Modrowronka zielona

## Countries with the most observations

US (6460), MX (4617), CO (1443), EC (839), PE (189), VE (121), HN (95), BZ (40), GT (10), BO (9)

## Summary

The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is native to the Andes of South America. It is widely known as querrequerre in Spanish, an onomatopoeic name derived from the bird's call.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: natgrace18 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40001157

## Machine access

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