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title: "Modrowronka kędzierzawa"
description: "Cyanocorax melanocyaneus — Ptaki. The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/bushy-crested-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Modrowronka kędzierzawa

> Cyanocorax melanocyaneus — Ptaki. The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax melanocyaneus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 860
- Wikidata: [Q944751](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944751)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8471](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8471)

## Names

- en: Bushy-crested Jay
- de: Hartlaubblaurabe
- es: Urraca shara
- fr: Geai houppé
- nl: Geelooggaai
- pl: Modrowronka kędzierzawa

## Countries with the most observations

GT (347), HN (274), SV (132), NI (74)

## Summary

The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.  It is found in Central America, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. There are two subspecies, C. m. melanocyaneus which is found in Guatemala and southern El Salvador, and C. m. chavezi from Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua.

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

## Photo

![Modrowronka kędzierzawa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bushy-crested-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: maryury · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76820380

## Machine access

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