Curl-crested jay
Curl-crested jay | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cyanocorax |
Species: | C. cristatellus
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Binomial name | |
Cyanocorax cristatellus (Temminck, 1823)
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The curl-crested jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus) is a jay from South America.
This New World jay is a beautiful and large (35 cm/14 in overall) bird with predominantly dark blue back, an almost black head and neck, and snow-white chest and underparts. They have a pronounced curled crest rising from just behind the beak; the crest is on average larger in males, but the sexes are generally quite similar.
The voice is a loud, gray, graa, gray-gray-gray, sometimes repeated 8-10 times.[2] They sound similar to crow.
Curl-crested jays are native to the
They live in groups of from 6 to 12 individuals, moving from food source to food source during the day. They leave a lookout nearby to keep watch for predators.
This jay is not considered a threatened species by the
Footnotes
References
- Faria, Christiana M.A.; Rodrigues, Marcos; do Amaral, Frederico Q.; Módena, Érica & Fernandes, Alexandre M. (2006): Aves de um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no alto Rio Doce, Minas Gerais: colonização e extinção [The birds of an Atlantic Forest fragment at upper Rio Doce valley, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil: colonization and extinction]. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(4): 1217-1230 [Portuguese with English abstract].
- Lorenzi, Harri & de Souza, H.M. (2001): Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil ["Ornamental plants from Brazil"]. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil [in Portuguese].
- Lorenzi, Harri (2002): Arvores Brasileiras: Manual de identificação e cultivo de plantas arbóreas do Brasil ["Brazilian trees: Identification and cultivation manual for Brazilian arboraceous plants"]. Instituto Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil [in Portuguese].
- Melo, C. (2001): Diurnal bird visiting of Caryocar brasiliense Camb. in Central Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 61(2): 311-316 [with Portuguese abstract].
- Ragusa-Netto, J. (2000): Raptors and "campo-cerrado" bird mixed flock led by Cypsnagra hirundinacea (Emberizidae: Thraupinae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 60(3): 461-467 [English with Portuguese abstract].
- ISBN 0-19-857217-4
- Rodrigues, Marcos; Carrara, Lucas A.; Faria, Luciene P. & Gomes, Henrique B. (2005): Aves do Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó: o Vale do Rio Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil [The birds of 'Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó': the Rio Cipó valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22(2): 326–338 [Portuguese with English abstract].
- ISBN 0-691-08569-2
- Sigrist, T. (2006): Birds of Brazil – An Artistic View. São Paulo. ISBN 85-905074-1-6
External links
- Curl-crested jay videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Curl-crested jay photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article pbase
- Photo-High Res; Article geometer–Photos from Brazil