Plush-crested Jay

Cyanocorax chrysops - Geai acahé

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Corvidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cyanocorax

  • Species
    :

    chrysops

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 35 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 127 à 170 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Geai acahé
adult
Geai acahé
adult

Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Cyanocorax chrysops chrysops (Bolivia to se Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay)
  • Cyanocorax chrysops diesingii (nc Brazil s of the Amazon)
  • Cyanocorax chrysops insperatus (ne Brazil s of the Amazon)
  • Cyanocorax chrysops tucumanus (nw Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Geai acahé,
  • Chara moñuda,
  • gralha-picaça,
  • Kappenblaurabe,
  • amerikai kékvarjú,
  • Pluchekapgaai,
  • Ghiandaia felpata,
  • plyschtofsskrika,
  • Plysjskrike,
  • kapuciarka baretová,
  • sojka chocholkatá,
  • Plystoppet Blåskade,
  • peruukkinärhi,
  • gaig de casc,
  • modrowronka pluszogłowa,
  • Плюшевоголовая разноцветная сойка,
  • ルリサンジャク,
  • 绒冠蓝鸦,
  • 絨冠藍鴉,

Voice song and cries

Geai acahé
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Geai acahé
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Geai acahé
published: - Updated: 09-03-2010
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