Crows (Corvidae)
Azure Jay (Cyanocorax caeruleus) - HBW 14, p. 581
French: Geai azuré
German:
Spanish: Chara Cerúlea
Taxonomy: Pica caerulea Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Possibly forms a superspecies with C. cyanomelas; it has been suggested that C. violaceus and C. cristatellus could be members of same superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: S & SE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, SE São Paulo), extreme E Paraguay, NE Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa) and NE Uruguay (Cerro Largo).
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An adult bird calling Locality Ilha Comprida, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 7 October 2008 1 year ago 16 sec 2.3
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on a branch
Locality Bom Jardim da Serra, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
oleicfrisbee 35 weeks ago 2.3 -
Mounted bird.
Locality Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Wrocław, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 27 October 2006 2 years ago 1.5
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Calls. Locality São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Jeremy Minns 27 November 2002 1 year ago 4
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