Crows (Corvidae)
Beautiful Jay (Cyanolyca pulchra) - HBW 14, p. 575
French: Geai superbe
German: Schmuckhäher
Spanish: Chara Hermosa
Taxonomy: Cyanocitta pulchra Lawrence, 1875, Quito, Ecuador.
This species and C. cucullata are sister-species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific slope of Andes from C Colombia (extreme S of Chocó and Valle) S to NW Ecuador (S to S Pichincha). Monotypic.
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A bird looking for insects atracted by lights left on Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 October 2002 4 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A bird at the nest, answering to another one calling Locality El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 2 March 2008 3 years ago 43 sec 3.9 -
A pair arriving to the nest with material, one of them flying away and the other one laying inside Locality El Pahuma Orchid Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 2 March 2008 3 years ago 42 sec 3.9
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One ind from a group of three
Locality San Jose del Palmar, Choco Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 19 July 2011 23 weeks ago 3 -
The bird responded to tape by flying in next to the Lower Deck on the Tandayapa Lodge grounds. It seemed to be just a single bir
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Sam Woods 2 June 2009 2 years ago 3 -
adult perched
Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 1 June 2009 2 years ago 2
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excitement call Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 9 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
typical call Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 9 December 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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