Inca Jay

Cyanocorax yncas - Geai vert

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Corvidés
Genus
:
Cyanocorax
Species
:
yncas

Descriptor

Boddaert, 1783

Biometrics

Size
: 27 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 66 à 92 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Cyanocorax yncas yncas (sw Colombia, e Ecuador, Peru to c Bolivia)
Cyanocorax yncas galeatus (wc Colombia)
Cyanocorax yncas cyanodorsalis (c and e Colombia, nw Venezuela)
Cyanocorax yncas guatimalensis (n Venezuela)
Cyanocorax yncas longirostris (Marañon Valley. n Peru.)

Foreign names

Geai vert,
Chara verde,
gaio-inca,
Inkablaurabe,
zöld szajkó,
Incagaai,
Ghiandaia verde,
inkaskrika,
Grønnskrike,
kapuciarka pestrá,
sojka zelenavá,
Grøn Skade,
loistonärhi,
gaig inca,
modrowronka zielona,
zaļais sīlis,
Перуанская разноцветная сойка,
インカサンジャク,
印加绿蓝鸦,
inkaskrika,
綠色藍鴉,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest