The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 336 · seb_species_0336

Azure Jay

cyanocorax caeruleus

Corvidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

38 cm. Bluish purple with black head, throat and chest. A repeated "jear jear jear". A noisy conspicuous bird moving in groups through the crowns of trees. Early October ^147 . Generally uncommon, but locally common in open forest and forest edge, apparently most numerous where Araucaria occurs ^133 , e. g. near Itarar<CA> in the southern part of Estado S<C4>o Paulo. Southern part and coastal regions of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, Pariquera Acu, Barra do Ribeira, Icapara, Sete Barras, Cananeia, Ariri ^119 . Old records from Estado S<C4>o Paulo include<8E>Canaeia, Iguape, and on the Rio<8E>Juquia<8E> in the South ^40 . Up to 1000 meters 3100 Calls. Rio Escuro, near Ubatuba, 10<10>13<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest border.: 983 Recorded by Juan Mazar Barnett: 8895 > :

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

38 cm. Bluish purple with black head, throat and chest.

Behavior

A noisy conspicuous bird moving in groups through the crowns of trees.

Habitat and status

A repeated "jear jear jear".

Distribution

Early October ^147 .

Additional notes

Generally uncommon, but locally common in open forest and forest edge, apparently most numerous where Araucaria occurs ^133 , e. g. near Itarar<CA> in the southern part of Estado S<C4>o Paulo. Southern part and coastal regions of Estado S<C4>o Paulo, Pariquera Acu, Barra do Ribeira, Icapara, Sete Barras, Cananeia, Ariri ^119 . Old records from Estado S<C4>o Paulo include<8E>Canaeia, Iguape, and on the Rio<8E>Juquia<8E> in the South ^40 . Up to 1000 meters

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

cyanocorax caeruleus

Azure Jay

Corvidae

Jays,Crows

CLEMENTS

cyanocorax caeruleus

Azure Jay

Corvidae

Jays,Crows

AOU_HM

cyanocorax caeruleus

Azure Jay

Corvidae

Jays,Crows

Recordings

3100.mp3

3100 Calls. Rio Escuro, near Ubatuba, 10<10>13<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest border.

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/3100.mp3

983.mp3

983 Recorded by Juan Mazar Barnett

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/983.mp3

Images

Historical image associated with Azure Jay
8895.jpg
8895 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 3.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/8895.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0336
Account ID
seb_account_0336
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Page address
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Item reference
seb_species_0336
Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above