Species of bird Purplish jay Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Aves Order: | Passeriformes Family: | Corvidae Genus: | Cyanocorax Species: | C. cyanomelas Binomial name Cyanocorax cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818) The purplish jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) 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. ## References[edit] 1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanocorax cyanomelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22705705A130379158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22705705A130379158.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. * v * t * e Extant species of family Corvidae * Kingdom: Animalia * Phylum: Chordata * Class: Aves * Subclass: Neornithes * Superorder: Neognathae * Order: Passeriformes Family Corvidae | Choughs| | Pyrrhocorax| * Alpine chough (P. graculus) * Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax) | Treepies| | Crypsirina| * Hooded treepie (C. cucullata) * Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia) | Dendrocitta| * Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi) * Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens) * Grey treepie (D. formosae) * Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis) * White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra) * Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis) * Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda) Platysmurus| * Malayan black magpie (P. leucopterus) * Bornean black magpie (P. aterrimus) Temnurus| * Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus) Oriental magpies| | Cissa| * Common green magpie (C. chinensis) * Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca) * Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi) * Javan green magpie (C. thalassina) | Urocissa| * Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea) * Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) * Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris) * Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata) * White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi) Old World jays| | Garrulus| * Eurasian jay (G. glandarius) * Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus) * Lidth's jay (G. lidthi) | Podoces (Ground jays)| * Xinjiang ground jay (P. biddulphi) * Mongolian ground jay (P. hendersoni) * Turkestan ground jay (P. panderi) * Iranian ground jay (P. pleskei) Ptilostomus| * Piapiac (P. afer) Stresemann's bushcrow| | Zavattariornis| * Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni) | Family Corvidae (continued) | Nutcrackers| | Nucifraga| * Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) * Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana) * Kashmir nutcracker (N. multipunctata) | Holarctic magpies| | Pica| * Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia) * Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli) * Eurasian magpie (P. pica) * Oriental magpie (P. sericea) * Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica) * Asir magpie (P. asirensis) * Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis) | True crows| | Corvus| Australian and Melanesian species Little crow (C. bennetti) Australian raven (C. coronoides) Bismarck crow (C. insularis) Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus) Bougainville crow (C. meeki) Little raven (C. mellori) New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides) Torresian crow (C. orru) Forest raven (C. tasmanicus) Grey crow (C. tristis) Long-billed crow (C. validus) White-billed crow (C. woodfordi) Pacific island species Hawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis) Mariana crow (C. kubaryi) Tropical Asian species Slender-billed crow (C. enca) Small crow (C. samarensis) Palawan crow (C. pusillus) Flores crow (C. florensis) Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos) Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii) Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus) House crow (C. splendens) Collared crow (C. torquatus) Piping crow (C. typicus) Banggai crow (C. unicolor) Violet crow (C. violaceus) Eurasian and North African species Mesopotamian crow (C. capellanus) Hooded crow (C. cornix) Carrion crow (C. corone) Rook (C. frugilegus) Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis) Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus) Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis) Holarctic species Common raven (C. corax) North and Central American species American crow (C. brachyrhynchos) Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus) Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus) Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis) White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus) Cuban crow (C. nasicus) Fish crow (C. ossifragus) Palm crow (C. palmarum) Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae) Tropical African species White-necked raven (C. albicollis) Pied crow (C. albus) Cape crow (C. capensis) Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris) Somali crow (C. edithae) | Jackdaws| | Coloeus| * Daurian jackdaw (C. dauuricus) * Western jackdaw (C. monedula) | Family Corvidae (continued) | Azure-winged magpies| | Cyanopica| * Iberian magpie (C. cooki) * Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus) | Grey jays| | Perisoreus| * Canada jay (P. canadensis) * Siberian jay (P. infaustus) * Sichuan jay (P. internigrans) | New World jays| | Aphelocoma (Scrub jays)| * California scrub jay (A. californica) * Island scrub jay (A. insularis) * Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii) * Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens) * Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina) * Unicolored jay (A. unicolor) * Mexican jay (A. wollweberi) | Calocitta (Magpie-Jays)| * Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei) * White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa) Cyanocitta| * Blue jay (C. cristata) * Steller's jay (C. stelleri) Cyanocorax| * Black-chested jay (C. affinis) * Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii) * Azure jay (C. caeruleus) * Cayenne jay (C. cayanus) * Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops) * Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus) * Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas) * White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon) * Tufted jay (C. dickeyi) * Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini) * Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus) * Brown jay (C. morio) * White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis) * San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus) * Violaceous jay (C. violaceus) * Green jay (C. ynca) * Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus) Cyanolyca| * Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula) * Black-collared jay (C. armillata) * Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata) * White-throated jay (C. mirabilis) * Dwarf jay (C. nana) * Beautiful jay (C. pulchra) * Black-throated jay (C. pumilo) * Turquoise jay (C. turcosa) * White-collared jay (C. viridicyana) Gymnorhinus| * Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus) Taxon identifiers| * Wikidata: Q1433146 * Wikispecies: Cyanocorax cyanomelas * ADW: Cyanocorax_cyanomelas * Avibase: F39AEC446DDFCDE6 * BirdLife: 22705705 * BOLD: 69535 * BOW: purjay1 * eBird: purjay1 * EoL: 916380 * GBIF: 2482572 * iNaturalist: 8483 * IRMNG: 11423928 * ITIS: 559625 * IUCN: 22705705 * NCBI: 477941 * Neotropical: purjay1 * uBio: 2335792 * Xeno-canto: Cyanocorax-cyanomelas | This Corvidae-related article is a stub. 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