Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Serina Brady
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 14, 2010
Text last updated May 14, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Лазурна сойка |
| Catalan | gaig atzur |
| Croatian | krupnokljuna šojka |
| Dutch | Azuurblauwe gaai |
| English | Azure Jay |
| English (United States) | Azure Jay |
| Estonian | araukaaria-sininäär |
| French | Geai azuré |
| French (Canada) | Geai azuré |
| German | Azurblaurabe |
| Japanese | アオサンジャク |
| Norwegian | asurskrike |
| Polish | modrowronka lazurowa |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | gralha-azul |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Gralha-azul |
| Russian | Лазурная сойка |
| Serbian | Brazilska plavo-crna kreja |
| Slovak | kapuciarka lazúrová |
| Spanish | Chara Cerúlea |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Urraca Azul |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Urraca azul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Chara cerúlea |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Urraca Azul |
| Swedish | azurskrika |
| Turkish | Gökmavi Mavi Karga |
| Ukrainian | Пая лазурова |
Cyanocorax caeruleus (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Pica caerulea
Vieillot, 1818. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 26, p.126.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Paraguay; based on Azara, no. 55, 'Urraca celeste'.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CYANOCORAX
- caeruleus
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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)
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