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Inca Jay
Cyanocorax yncas (Boddaert, P 1783)
The Inca jay is a bird species of the New World jays, which is native to the Andes of South America. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Cyanocorax
Scientific:
Cyanocorax yncas
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Cyanocorax
Scientific:
Cyanocorax yncas
Original description
Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)
Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton
Protonym:
Corvus yncas
Type locality:
Peru; type locality restricted by Zimmer (1953, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 25, p. 7) to Chilpes, Dept. Junin.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/60/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
84548B616C8E787E
Avibase ID:
avibase-84548B61
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/84548B61
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179712
English:
Inca Jay
Azerbaijani:
Peru ala-bəzək zığ-zığı
Catalan:
gaig inca
Czech:
sojka zelenavá
Danish:
Grøn Skade
German:
Inkablaurabe
Esperanto:
inkaa garolo
Spanish:
Chara verde
Estonian:
rohenäär
Finnish:
loistonärhi
French:
Geai inca
Croatian:
zelena šojka
Hungarian:
zöld szajkó
Italian:
Ghiandaia verde
Japanese (romaji):
midorisanjaku
Japanese:
インカサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Žaliasis margasis kėkštas
Latvian:
zaļais sīlis
Dutch:
Incagaai
Norwegian:
Grønnskrike
Polish:
modrowronka zielona
Portuguese:
Gralha-verde
Portuguese (Portugal):
gaio-inca
Russian:
Перуанская разноцветная сойка
Slovak:
kapuciarka pestrá
Serbian:
Zelena američka kreja
Swedish:
inkaskrika
Turkish:
Yeşil Karga
Ukrainian:
Пая зелена
Chinese:
印加绿蓝鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
綠色藍鴉
Inca Jay
Azerbaijani:
Peru ala-bəzək zığ-zığı
Catalan:
gaig inca
Czech:
sojka zelenavá
Danish:
Grøn Skade
German:
Inkablaurabe
Esperanto:
inkaa garolo
Spanish:
Chara verde
Estonian:
rohenäär
Finnish:
loistonärhi
French:
Geai inca
Croatian:
zelena šojka
Hungarian:
zöld szajkó
Italian:
Ghiandaia verde
Japanese (romaji):
midorisanjaku
Japanese:
インカサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Žaliasis margasis kėkštas
Latvian:
zaļais sīlis
Dutch:
Incagaai
Norwegian:
Grønnskrike
Polish:
modrowronka zielona
Portuguese:
Gralha-verde
Portuguese (Portugal):
gaio-inca
Russian:
Перуанская разноцветная сойка
Slovak:
kapuciarka pestrá
Serbian:
Zelena američka kreja
Swedish:
inkaskrika
Turkish:
Yeşil Karga
Ukrainian:
Пая зелена
Chinese:
印加绿蓝鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
綠色藍鴉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Green Jay (Inca) ( Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group]) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Inca Jay ( Cyanocorax yncas) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cyanocorax yncas [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Cyanocorax [yncas or luxuosus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Azerbaijani: Peru ala-bəzək zığ-zığı
Bulgarian: Зелена сойка [Група yncas]
Catalan: gaig inca, gaig verd [grup yncas]
Czech: sojka zelenavá, sojka zelenavá [skupina yncas]
Danish: Grøn Skade, Grøn Skade (Inca), Inkaskade
German: Grünhäher, Inkablaurabe, Inkablaurabe [yncas-Gruppe], Inkarabe
English: Green Jay, Green Jay (Inca), Inca Jay
[ENAV]: Green Jay (Inca)
English, HBW: Green Jay (Inca)
English (IOC): Inca Jay
English (United States): Green Jay (Inca)
Esperanto: Inkaa garolo, Verda garolo
Spanish: Carriquí Verdiamarillo, Chara Querrequerre, Chara verde, Chara Verde (grupo yncas), Urraca café, Urraca Querrequerre, Urraca Verde, Urraquita verde
Spanish (Colombia): Carriquí Verdiamarillo
Spanish (Ecuador): Urraca Inca (Verde) [Grupo yncas], Urraquita verde
Spanish (Spain): Chara Verde, Chara verde (grupo yncas), Chara Verde [yncas Group]
Spanish (HBW): Green Jay (Inca)
Spanish (Honduras): Urraca café, Urraca Verde (grupo yncas)
Spanish (Mexico): chara verde, Chara Verde (grupo yncas)
Spanish (Nicaragua): Urraca Verde
Spanish (Peru): Urraca Verde, Urraca Verde [grupo yncas]
Spanish (Venezuela): Querrequerre, Querrequerre [grupo yncas]
Estonian: rohenäär
Finnish: Loistonärhi, loistonärhi (yncas- ryhmä)
French: Geai inca, Geai vert, Geai vert (groupe yncas), Geai vert (inca), Geai vert [yncas], Geai-bleu des Incas
French (Guyane): Geai vert (groupe yncas)
Croatian: zelena šojka, zelena šojka [yncas grupa]
Hungarian: zöld szajkó
Icelandic: Gulskaði [yncas hópur]
Italian: Ghiandaia inca, Ghiandaia verde
Japanese (romaji): inkasanjaku (yncas guru-pu), midorisanjaku
Japanese: インカサンジャク, インカサンジャク (yncas グループ), インカサンジャク（yncas グループ）, ミドリサンジャク
Scientific: Corvus yncas, Cyanocorax yncas, Cyanocorax yncas [yncas Group], Cyanocorax yncas yncas
Lithuanian: Žaliasis margasis kėkštas
Latvian: zaļais sīlis
Mayan languages: zezip ses-ib
Dutch: Groene Gaai (yncas groep), Incagaai, Inkagaai
Norwegian: Grønnskrike, grønnskrike (yncas gr.)
Polish: modrowronka zielona, modrowronka zielona [gr. yncas], Modrowronka ziolona
Portuguese: Gralha-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): gaio-inca, gaio-inca [grupo yncas]
Russian: Зелёная сойка, перуанская разноцветная сойка, Перуанская сойка [группа yncas]
Slovak: kapuciarka pestrá, kapuciarka pestrá (skup.)
Serbian: Zelena američka kreja, Zelena američka kreja [yncas grupa]
Swedish: Grönskrika, inkaskrika
Turkish: Yeşil Karga, Yeşil karga [yncas grubu]
Ukrainian: Пая зелена, Пая зелена [група yncas]
Chinese: 印加绿蓝鸦, 綠色藍鴉, 绿蓝鸦
[ZHHK]: 綠藍鴉 [yncas Group]
Chinese (Traditional): 綠色藍鴉
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