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

Geai vert
adult
Geai vert
adult

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,
  • 綠色藍鴉,

Voice song and cries

Geai vert
adult

Habitat

Geai vert
adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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