Crows (Corvidae)
Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) - HBW 14, p. 584
French: Geai acahé
German:
Spanish: Chara Moñuda
Other common names: Plush-capped/Band-tailed/Urraca Jay
Taxonomy: Pica chrysops Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Forms a species pair, and previously regarded as conspecific, with C. cyanopogon; it has also been suggested that the two form a superspecies with C. dickeyi. Proposed race interpositus (described from Alagoas, in NE Brazil) seems to be based on a female of C. cyanopogon in worn subadult plumage, but possibly a valid taxon. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- diesingii Pelzeln, 1856 - N Brazil in extreme E Amazonas (right bank of lower R Madeira) and on S side of Amazon in W Pará (lower R Tapajós).
- insperatus Pinto & Camargo, 1961 - W Pará (restricted to E lower R Tapajós, Serra do Cachimbo), in NC Brazil.
- chrysops ( Vieillot, 1818) - N, E & SE Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija), SE Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo S to Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, NE Argentina (S to Chaco and Entre Ríos) and NW Uruguay.
- tucumanus Cabanis, 1883 - NW Argentina (Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca and La Rioja).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a tree calling Locality Estancia Itabó, Canindeyú Department, Paraguay (ssp chrysops)
Josep del Hoyo 9 May 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.8 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp chrysops)
Barry Attridge 24 December 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
A bird on the ground and perched Locality Estancia Itabó, Canindeyú Department, Paraguay (ssp chrysops)
Josep del Hoyo 9 May 2005 6 years ago 24 sec 4.5 -
Two birds on a branch, flying off and calling Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp chrysops)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A pair on a branch and then then a bird calling Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp chrysops)
Alexander Grimwade 12 April 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird looking for food around several trees Locality Estancia Itabó, Canindeyú Department, Paraguay (ssp chrysops)
Josep del Hoyo 9 May 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 4
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A bird perched in a branch.
Locality Faunia Park, Moratalaz, Madrid, Spain
Pedro Ortega Pinilla 5 January 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.5 -
On a pole
Locality Paraná State, Brazil
oleicfrisbee 35 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird
Locality Parque das Aves, Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 1 year ago 3.5 -
An adult close-up, got in Parque das Aves, Iguacu Falls
Locality Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 8 weeks ago 3.3 -
Preening its wings
Locality Salta Province, Argentina (ssp tucumanus)
dreyernp 7 November 2008 1 year ago 3.2
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Calls of two birds. Locality Sorocaba Zoo, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil
(ssp chrysops)
Josep del Hoyo 12 May 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
pre-roost contact calls Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
(ssp chrysops)
Paul Willoughby 18 October 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A bird calling from a tree Locality Salta Province, Argentina
(ssp tucumanus)
Santiago Imberti 13 August 2003 2 years ago 3
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