Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae (Crows, Jays)  
Genus: Cyanocorax (4 species, 17 worldwide)


Purplish Jay
Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
Chaco National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-tailed Jay
White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)
Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Violaceous Jay
Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus violaceus)
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Inca Jay
Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas yncas)
Podocarpus National Park, Zamora, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Green Jay further north. Inca Jays travel in small noisy groups making a number of very different sounds.


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