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
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-backed Jay Cyanocorax beecheii Scientific name definitions
Lindsey Power and Cameron K. Ghalambor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 14, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 14, 2014
Demography and Populations
Introduction
Purplish-backed Jays appear to have a low population density (Raitt and Hardy 1979). The global population size is estimated to be 20,000-49,999 individuals (BirdLife International 2014).
