Black-throated Magpie-Jay

ABA NC

(Calocitta Colliei)

Black-throated Magpie-Jay is native to Mexico, but a few individuals have established a very small colony in San Diego close to the Mexican border. Measuring some 27 inches to the tip of its very long tail, this is an unusually striking bird with brilliant blue color, contrasting black cheek and throat, white underparts, and a prominent curved black and white head plume.