Purplish-backed Jay

Purplish-backed Jay
Purplish-backed Jay at the Henry Doorly Zoo
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Corvidae
Genus:	Cyanocorax
Species:	C. beecheii
Binomial name
Cyanocorax beecheii (Vigors, 1829)

The Purplish-backed Jay, Cyanocorax beecheii, is a bird of the crow family Corvidae, with purple feathers on its back and black feathers everywhere else. It is endemic to Mexico.

Gallery

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  A Purplish-backed Jay eating at the Henry Doorly Zoo

References

• BirdLife International (2004). Cyanocorax beecheii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 1 Oct 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

• Purplish-backed Jay videos on the Internet Bird Collection