Beautiful Jay
Cyanolyca pulchra(Lawrence, GN, 1876)
English (US) Beautiful Jay
The Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra) 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: western Andes of southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador (south to Pichincha)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyanolyca pulchra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Beautiful Jay
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanocitta pulchra
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1876)
- Type locality
- 'Quito', Ecuador.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 11 p.163
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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White-throated Jay
Cyanolyca mirabilis
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Silvery-throated Jay
Cyanolyca argentigula
Azure-hooded Jay
Cyanolyca cucullata
Black-collared Jay
Cyanolyca armillata
Turquoise Jay
Cyanolyca turcosa
White-collared Jay
Cyanolyca viridicyanus
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Blue Jay
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Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
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