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Purplish Jay

Cyanocorax cyanomelas
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
Urraca Morada
Gralha-do-pantanal
Family: Corvidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Pica cyanomelas.


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Number of Photography: 286

Foto
Photography ID: 667431
  Adult
Agroforestal Rio verde
San Pedro
Paraguay
12/02/2025
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 662030
  Adult
Acambuco
Salta
Argentina
02/29/2012
Martín Lépez
Foto
Photography ID: 661871
  Adult
Parque Nacional Mburucuyá
Corrientes
Argentina
11/11/2025
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 661708
  Adult
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
11/17/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 657861
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/15/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 656487
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo, Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
10/10/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 655832
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
09/20/2025
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 654958
  Adult
Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
09/20/2025
Héctor Bernardo Fernández
Foto
Photography ID: 654595
  Adult
Loma Monte Lindo Pirané
Formosa
Argentina
09/20/2025
Agostina Salvatorio
Foto
Photography ID: 648251
  Adult
Ruta Nacional 11
Chaco
Argentina
08/10/2025
Dolores Fernandez



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 4



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Pablo Bruni06/18/2023ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional MburucuyáN/AN/AYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria09/09/2023BoliviaDepartamento del BeniRurrenabaqueN/AN/ANoNo
Diego Oscar03/29/2013ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Jose Luis Merlo08/23/2011ArgentinaFormosaParque Nacional Río PilcomayoIndistinguishableAdultYesNo


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Number of Records: 1056



Page 1 of 106
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242257025/01/2026ParaguaySan PedroZona estancias, Col. Volendam, San Pedro, Py1Dominic Oviedo Löwen
242249823/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónEstancia Ña Blanca2Dominic Oviedo Löwen
242246723/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónRuta Campito - San Carlos del Apa, Concepción, Py (1)3Dominic Oviedo Löwen
242230222/01/2026ParaguayConcepciónEstancia Ña Blanca4Dominic Oviedo Löwen
239775104/12/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--Jejuimi2Diego Oscar
239861902/12/2025ParaguaySan PedroAgroforestal Rio verde4Diego Oscar
243171622/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional Mburucuyá4Pablo Richter
239029122/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional Mburucuyá4Gabriel Carbajales
239612511/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientesSendero Che Roga, Parque Nacional MburucuyáGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
239605111/11/2025ArgentinaCorrientesSendero Che Roga, Parque Nacional MburucuyáPeter Vidana
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 09/03/2026.










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