Crows (Corvidae)
Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) - HBW 14, p. 581
French: Geai bleu-noir
German: Purpurblaurabe
Spanish: Chara Morada
Taxonomy: Pica cyanomelas Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Possibly forms a superspecies with C. caeruleus; has been suggested that C. violaceus and C. cristatellus could be members of same superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SE Peru (Cuzco and Madre de Dios), N & E Bolivia, Paraguay, SW Brazil (S Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, SW Goiás, extreme W São Paulo and extreme W Paraná), N Argentina (E Formosa, E Chaco, N Corrientes, N Santa Fé and Misiones) and extreme NW Uruguay (Artigas). One recent and isolated record in C São Paulo.
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Two birds performing courtship display Locality Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 August 2005 5 years ago 45 sec 4 -
Several birds calling in trees Locality Estancia Apa Apa, La Paz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 5 years ago 50 sec 3.8 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Pantanal, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 9 September 2005 5 years ago 10 sec 3.6 -
A moulting bird looking down on a branch and flying to another one Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 26 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 31 May 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 3.3 -
A bird perched and cleaning its bill Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 11 sec 3.2
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Adult
Locality Chaco National Park, Chaco Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 28 October 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult
Locality Chaco National Park, Chaco Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 28 October 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
On wood structure
Locality Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Juan Carlos Marín 30 August 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird sitting on the branch
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.4
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Call, Villa Guillermina, Santa Fe Province, Argentina Locality Villa Guillermina, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Martin Manassero 29 July 2011 23 weeks ago 4.5 -
Song/call Locality Estancia El Bagual, Formosa Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 2 years ago 4
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