Cayenne Jay

Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) near the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, Guyana. (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

The Cayenne Jay is a medium-sized jay with a mostly black head, bluish-purple wings and tail and a white belly. It occurs in humid lowland forests and forest edges and in northeastern South American in eastern Venezuela, northern Brazil and the Guianas. The Cayenne Jay feeds on insects, berries, and fruit.