Cyanocorax caeruleus
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The azure jay (Cyanocorax coeruleus) (Brazilian Portuguese: gralha-azul) is a Near Threatened species of passeriform bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and possibly Paraguay and Uruguay.
The azure jay was originally described in 1818 as Pica coerulea (with an œ ligature), identifying it as a magpie. With its transfer to the genus Cyanocorax, its specific epithet ending was changed to the masculine "-us" to agree with the gender of this name. However, taxonomic systems do not agree on its spelling. AviList and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World use coeruleus to match the original spelling. The IOC, the Clements taxonomy, and the independent South American Classification Committee (SACC) currently spell it caeruleus. This article uses the former spelling.
The azure jay is monotypic. Some authors treat the azure jay and the purplish jay (C. cyanomelas) as a superspecies. The azure jay is 38 to 40 cm (15 to 16 in) long; one individual weighed 272 g (9.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage that includes a short bushy crest on the forecrown. Adults have a sooty or black... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro Zoological Garden | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Zoo Balneário Camboriú | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Wolfgang-Köhler-Primaten-Forschungszentrum | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Azure Jay sighting in Curitiba on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 217th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Azure Jay in Curitiba on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Azure Jay sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Curitiba, in our data
Curitiba is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Azure Jay sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Azure Jay is recorded against all the birds logged in Curitiba (9 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
