Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) [XC455043]
by id from Isla del Rey, Nayarit,San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico (call)
Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) [XC353045]
by Manuel Grosselet from Las Cabras, \u00c1lamos, Sonora, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Along with Bushy-crested Jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus), San Blas Jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus) and Yucatan Jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus) were formerly placed together in a separate genus, Cissilopha (the black-and-blue jays of Middle America).