Purplish-backed Jay Cyanocorax beecheii Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Lindsey Power and Cameron K. Ghalambor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 14, 2014
Text last updated February 14, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | gaig de Beechey |
Dutch | Purperruggaai |
English | Purplish-backed Jay |
English (United States) | Purplish-backed Jay |
French | Geai à dos violet |
French (France) | Geai à dos violet |
German | Indigoblaurabe |
Japanese | スミレヌレバカケス |
Norwegian | purpurryggskrike |
Polish | modrowronka duża |
Russian | Траурная сойка |
Serbian | Ljubičastoleđa kreja |
Slovak | kapuciarka smútočná |
Spanish | Chara de Beechey |
Spanish (Mexico) | Chara Sinaloense |
Spanish (Spain) | Chara de Beechey |
Swedish | purpurryggig skrika |
Turkish | Mor Sırtlı Mavi Karga |
Ukrainian | Пая велика |
Cyanocorax beecheii (Vigors, 1829)
PROTONYM:
Pica Beecheii
Vigors, 1829. The Zoological Journal 4, p.353.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Montereale [= Mazatlan, Sinaloa or San Bias, Nayarit, Mexico].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYANOCORAX
- beecheii / beecheyi / beecheyii / beechii
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