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Turquoise jay This was quite a common site around Guango Lodge in the Cloud Forest. You could often get reasonably close and the jays always seemed to be inquisitive about what I was doing. Cyanolyca turcosa,Ecuador,Fall,Geotagged,Guango Lodge,Turquoise jay,bird,cloud forest Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Turquoise jay

This was quite a common site around Guango Lodge in the Cloud Forest. You could often get reasonably close and the jays always seemed to be inquisitive about what I was doing.

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  1. What a gorgeous colour! Posted 4 years ago

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The turquoise jay is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. The turquoise jay is a vibrant blue jay with a black face mask and collar. It is found exclusively in South America throughout southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded May 23, 2015. Captured Mar 21, 2015 14:19 in Quito-Papallacta, Papallacta, Ecuador.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/250s
  • ISO500
  • 320mm