Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | gaig fosc |
| Dutch | Purpergaai |
| English | Purplish Jay |
| English (United States) | Purplish Jay |
| French | Geai bleu-noir |
| French (France) | Geai bleu-noir |
| German | Purpurblaurabe |
| Japanese | ムラサキサンジャク |
| Norwegian | fløyelsskrike |
| Polish | modrowronka purpurowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gralha-do-pantanal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gralha-do-pantanal |
| Russian | Пурпурная сойка |
| Serbian | Ljubičastorepa kreja |
| Slovak | kapuciarka fialová |
| Spanish | Chara Morada |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Urraca Morada |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Urraca morada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Urraca Purpúrea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chara morada |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Urraca Morada |
| Swedish | purpurskrika |
| Turkish | Morumsu Mavi Karga |
| Ukrainian | Пая пурпурова |
Cyanocorax cyanomelas (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Pica cyanomelas
Vieillot, 1818. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 26, p.127.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Paraguay; based on Azara no. 54, 'Urraca morada'.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYANOCORAX
- cyanomelaena / cyanomelana / cyanomelas
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Scientific name definitions
Donna Molfetto
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 13, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 13, 2010
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Authors
Donna Molfetto
Recommended Citation
Molfetto, D. (2020). Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purjay1.01
Neotropical Birds
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Version 1.0
- May 13, 2010
- Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Authors
Donna Molfetto
Revisors
Donna Molfetto
Recommended Citation
Molfetto, D. (2010). Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.purjay1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- November 9, 2017
- Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Authors
Luiz dos Anjos
Recommended Citation
dos Anjos, L. (2017). Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
