Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii)

A Purplish-backed Jay eating at the Henry Doorly Zoo in the Omaha, Nebraska.
Photograph by Cburnett. GNU Free Documentation License. (view image details)

Purplish-backed Jay | Cyanocorax beecheii photo

Purplish-backed Jay at the Henry Doorly Zoo in the Omaha, Nebraska.
Photograph by Cburnett. GNU Free Documentation License. (view image details)

PURPLISH-BACKED JAY FACTS

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanocorax
Species:	beecheii
Common Name:	Purplish-backed Jay

Relatives in same Genus
Green Jay (C. yncas)

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