Cayenne Jay
Cyanocorax cayanus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Cayenne Jay
The Cayenne Jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Venezuela (BolĂvar) to the Guianas and northeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanocorax cayanus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cayenne Jay
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus cayanus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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