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Purplish Jay
Cyanocorax cyanomelas (Vieillot, LJP 1818)
The purplish jay is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and southeastern Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Cyanocorax
Scientific:
Cyanocorax cyanomelas
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Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Cyanocorax
Scientific:
Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Original description
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1818)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
26 p.127
Protonym:
Pica cyanomelas
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Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F39AEC446DDFCDE6
Avibase ID:
avibase-F39AEC44
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F39AEC44
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559625
Geographic range:
- Cyanocorax cyanomelas: SE Peru to ne Argentina, Paraguay and sw Brazil
Source: Clements checklist
Purplish Jay
Catalan:
gaig fosc
Czech:
sojka lesní
Danish:
Purpurblåskade
German:
Purpurblaurabe
Spanish:
Chara Morada
Spanish (Spain):
Chara Morada
Finnish:
nokinärhi
French:
Geai bleu-noir
Croatian:
mrka šojka
Hungarian:
bíbor indigószajkó
Italian:
Ghiandaia viola
Japanese (romaji):
murasakisanjaku
Japanese:
ムラサキサンジャク
Lithuanian:
Rudnugaris margasis kėkštas
Dutch:
Purpergaai
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Fløyelsskrikje
Norwegian:
Fløyelsskrike
Polish:
modrowronka purpurowa
Portuguese:
gralha-do-pantanal
Portuguese (Brazil):
gralha-do-pantanal
Russian:
Пурпурная сойка
Slovak:
kapuciarka fialová
Serbian:
Ljubičastorepa kreja
Swedish:
purpurskrika
Ukrainian:
Пая пурпурова
Chinese:
淡紫蓝鸦
Chinese (Traditional):
紫藍鴉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Geai bleu-noir ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Geai bleu-noir ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 1st edition: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2021: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2022: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 4th edition: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2015: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2016: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2017: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2018: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Clements, version 2019: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 1.50: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 1.52: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 1.53: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 1.54: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 1.55: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2015: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2016: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2017: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2018: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2019: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2021: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| eBird version 2022: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Cyanocorax cyanomelas |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cyanocorax cyanomelas |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cyanocorax cyanomelas |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Purplish Jay ( Cyanocorax cyanomelas) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cyanocorax cyanomelas |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cyanocorax cyanomelas |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Catalan: gaig fosc
Czech: sojka lesní, Sojka rudomodrá
Danish: Purpur Blåskade, Purpurblåskade
German: Purpurblaurabe, Purpur-Blaurabe
English: Purplish Jay
English, HBW: Purplish Jay
English (IOC): Purplish Jay
English (United States): Purplish Jay
Esperanto: Purpura garolo, Purpurblua garolo
Spanish: Chara Morada, Urraca Morada
Spanish (Argentine): Urraca morada
Spanish (Bolivia): Urraca morada
Spanish (Spain): Chara Morada
Spanish (HBW): Purplish Jay
Spanish (Peru): Urraca Purpúrea
Spanish (Paraguay): Urraca morada
Spanish (Uruguay): Urraca morada
Estonian: purpur-sininäär
Finnish: Nokinärhi
French: Geai à tête noire, Geai bleu-noir, Geai violacé, Geai-bleu cyanomèle
Guarani: Aka'ê hû
Croatian: mrka šojka
Hungarian: bíbor indigószajkó
Italian: Ghiandaia bruno-purpurea, Ghiandaia viola
Japanese (romaji): murasakisanjaku
Japanese: ムラサキサンジャク
Scientific: Cyanocorax cyanomelas, Pica cyanomelas
Lithuanian: Rudnugaris margasis kėkštas
Dutch: Purpergaai
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fløyelsskrikje
Norwegian: Fløyelsskrike
Polish: modrowronka purpurowa
Portuguese: Gralha-cinza, gralha-do-Pantanal, gralha-púrpura
Portuguese (Brazil): Gralha Púrpura, gralha-cinza, Gralha-do-pantanal, gralha-púrpura
Portuguese (Portugal): gaio-do-pantanal, Gralha-do-pantanal
Russian: Пурпурная разноцветная сойка, Пурпурная сойка
Slovak: kapuciarka fialová
Serbian: Ljubičastorepa kreja
Swedish: Purpurskrika
Turkish: Morumsu mavi karga
Ukrainian: Пая пурпурова
Chinese: 淡紫蓝鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 紫藍鴉
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