Crows (Corvidae)
Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) - HBW 14, p. 582
French: Geai à plumet
German: Krauskopf-Blaurabe
Spanish: Chara Crestada
Taxonomy: Corvus cristatellus Temminck, 1823, Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil.
Formerly placed in a monotypic genus, Uroleuca. Has been thought to form a superspecies with C. violaceus, C. cyanomelas and C. caeruleus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Brazil (S Pará, S Maranhão, S Piauí and W Bahia S to Mato Grosso do Sul and NE Paraná), extreme CE & NE Paraguay (Concepción and Canindeyú) and extreme E Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz).
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Different close views of a perched bird Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A bird scratching its leg, then a view behind leaves Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 5 years ago 25 sec 4.4 -
A bird in a tree, calling Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 7 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird walking on a fence and flying away Locality Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2001 6 years ago 18 sec 3.8 -
Two birds on the ground Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 1 min 8 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched and looking around. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 1 year ago 21 sec 3
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Individual adult undetermined.
Locality Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 11 September 2009 34 weeks ago 3.8 -
A pair sitting on the top of tree.
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 26 August 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Bird on cerrado vegetation.
Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
ALBERTO GARCIA RIOS 27 August 2008 4 years ago 3.5
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Calls from a small group of birds. Locality Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 3 August 2006 3 years ago 4.5 -
Band. Locality Paula Cândido, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Noé Eiterer 30 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 0 -
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Bird singing perched an isolated tree in the pasture. Locality Santo Antonio do Pinhal, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 25 August 2006 32 weeks ago 0 -
Two birds singing. Locality Itapira, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 11 April 2007 41 weeks ago 0
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