Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini)

Other Names (World)
Azure-naped Jay, Heilprin's Jay

Family
Corvidae (Crows And Jays)

Size
33.50 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gentry, 1885

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

Extreme eastern Colombia (southern Guain��a and extreme eastern Vaup�s, possibly also south-eastern Vichada), extreme southern Venezuela (western Amazonas) and extreme north-western Brazil (upper R Negro).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini) [XC854987]
by Guilherme Melo from Canutama, Amazonas, Brazil (call, song)

Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini) [XC556256]
by Douglas Meyer from Linha C-30, Brazil (chamado)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

heilprini Gentry, 1885 - North-western, west-central Amazonia.
hafferi Cohn-Haft, Santos, Fernandes & Ribas, 2013 - South-western Amazonian Brazil, from the west bank of the Purus River to the west bank of the Madeira River. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Campina Jay (Cyanocorax hafferi).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Azure-naped Jay (Cyanocorax heilprini) - 10 files

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