<P> This species occurs in pairs or small groups in woodland, except for humid woodland, and partially open areas on the Pacific Slope of Mexico from southern Sonora south to Jalisco and northwestern Colima, for a total of 160,000 km . As of 1993 there was some evidence of a population decline . </P> <P> The species has become established in southern San Diego County (2013), especially in the Tijuana River Valley . The birds are presumably descendants of escapees from nearby Tijuana, Baja California, where the trade in birds is unregulated . </P> <P> The diet is the omnivorous one typical of the crow family . </P> <P> The nest is also typical of the family: a big cup of sticks lined with softer material . The female lays 3 to 7 whitish eggs with brown and gray spots . </P>

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