Species profile
Purplish-backed Jay
Cyanocorax beecheii
Quick answer
Lowlands of w Mexico (se Sonora and Chihuahua to Nayarit)
- Scientific name
- Cyanocorax beecheii
- Family
- Corvidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Cyanocorax
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Purplish-backed Jay in your journal
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