Crows (Corvidae)
Lidth's Jay (Garrulus lidthi) - HBW 14, p. 590
French: Geai de Lidth
German: Prachthäher
Spanish: Arrendajo de Lidth
Other common names: Purple/Amami/Ryukyu Jay
Taxonomy: Garrulus lidthi Bonaparte, 1850, "Asia orientali" = Amami-O-shima, Japan.
This species and G. lanceolatus sometimes placed together in a separate genus, Lalocitta. Monotypic.
Distribution: Amami-O-shima, in N Ryukyu Is (S Japan).
- Vulnerable Enlarge map
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A bird looking around and shaking the head. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A bird moving several times between a branch and a bird bath. Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 49 sec 3.2
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A close-up.
Locality Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Lidth's Jay in front of nest cavity
Locality Amami Ōshima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Monotypic species)
Daniel Smith 26 April 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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