Azure jay

Azure jay
In Aparados da Serra National Park, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocorax
Species:
C. coeruleus
Binomial name
Cyanocorax coeruleus
(Vieillot, 1818)
Approximate distribution in green
Synonyms
  • Cyanocorax caeruleus (orth. err.)

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.