Purplish Jay
Cyanocorax cyanomelas(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Purplish Jay
The Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) 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 Peru to northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, and southwestern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanocorax cyanomelas
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purplish Jay
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pica cyanomelas
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Paraguay; based on Azara no. 54, 'Urraca morada'.
- 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.127
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Azure Jay
Cyanocorax coeruleus
Violaceous Jay
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Curl-crested Jay
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Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
White-tailed Jay
Cyanocorax mystacalis
Bushy-crested Jay
Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
Yucatan Jay
Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Purplish-backed Jay
Cyanocorax beecheii
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