Purplish jay
| Purplish jay | |
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| Near Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Corvidae |
| Genus: | Cyanocorax |
| Species: | C. cyanomelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanocorax cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818)
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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
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
, and heavily degraded former forest.
Like many other corvids, it is known to act as a cleaner for large mammals, removing things such as ticks.[2]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISSN 1075-4377.