Azure Jay
Cyanocorax coeruleus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Azure Jay
The Azure Jay (Cyanocorax coeruleus) 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 Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanocorax coeruleus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Azure Jay
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pica caerulea
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Paraguay; based on Azara, no. 55, 'Urraca celeste'.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 26 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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