Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Carly E. Hodes
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 22, 2010
Text last updated April 22, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Великолепна синя сойка |
| Catalan | gaig superb |
| Croatian | tamnoleđa šojka |
| Dutch | Ornaatgaai |
| English | Beautiful Jay |
| English (United States) | Beautiful Jay |
| Estonian | pagu-sininäär |
| French | Geai superbe |
| French (Canada) | Geai superbe |
| German | Schmuckhäher |
| Japanese | シロガシラアオカケス |
| Norwegian | praktskrike |
| Polish | modrowronka wspaniała |
| Russian | Красивая сойка |
| Serbian | Kolumbijska ukrašena kreja |
| Slovak | kapuciarka nádherná |
| Spanish | Chara Hermosa |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Urraca Hermosa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chara hermosa |
| Swedish | praktskrika |
| Turkish | Şahane Mavi Karga |
| Ukrainian | Гагер колумбійський |
Cyanolyca pulchra (Lawrence, 1876)
PROTONYM:
Cyanocitta pulchra
Lawrence, 1876. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 11, p.163.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Quito', Ecuador.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CYANOLYCA
- pulchra
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Beautiful Jay
