Plush-crested Jay
Cyanocorax chrysops - Geai acahé
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Corvidés
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Genus:
Cyanocorax
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Species:
chrysops
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 35 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 127 à 170 g
Geographic range
Identification
Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Cyanocorax chrysops chrysops (Bolivia to se Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay)
- Cyanocorax chrysops diesingii (nc Brazil s of the Amazon)
- Cyanocorax chrysops insperatus (ne Brazil s of the Amazon)
- Cyanocorax chrysops tucumanus (nw Argentina)
Foreign names
- Geai acahé,
- Chara moñuda,
- gralha-picaça,
- Kappenblaurabe,
- amerikai kékvarjú,
- Pluchekapgaai,
- Ghiandaia felpata,
- plyschtofsskrika,
- Plysjskrike,
- kapuciarka baretová,
- sojka chocholkatá,
- Plystoppet Blåskade,
- peruukkinärhi,
- gaig de casc,
- modrowronka pluszogłowa,
- Плюшевоголовая разноцветная сойка,
- ルリサンジャク,
- 绒冠蓝鸦,
- plyschtofsskrika,
- 絨冠藍鴉,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- CROWS and JAYS, MADGE Steve
- Vol. 12 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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