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ForestCup nestMedium · 166 g
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The plush-crested jay is a medium-sized bird with an overall dark blue colored plumage. It has a cream-yellow underbelly, undertail coverts, underwings, and tail tip, while the upper breast, neck, and head are mostly black. It has a lighter blue on its cheeks and nape, which fades into the darker blue of its body, as well as a spot above its eyes, which are yellow. Its bill is dark blue to black. It has a rounded crest on its head, which it is named for.
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When to see the Plush-crested Jay
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Plush-crested Jay
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Chile.
About the Plush-crested Jay
The plush-crested jay is a jay of the family Corvidae. It is found in central-southern South America: in southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina, including southern regions of the Amazon Basin river systems bordering the Pantanal.
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Easily confused with
Bushy-crested JayCyanocorax melanocyaneusThe adult bushy-crested jay has a length of 28 to 30 cm (11 to 12 in).
Violaceous JayCyanocorax violaceusThe violaceus jay is 33 to 37 cm (13 to 15 in) long and weighs about 260 g (9.2 oz).
Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinisMeasuring 34 cm (13 in) long, this jay is easily recognized from its distinctive facial pattern and yellow eye.
Side by side: Plush-crested Jay vs White-throated Magpie-Jay · Black-chested Jay vs Plush-crested Jay · Plush-crested Jay vs Violaceous Jay · Bushy-crested Jay vs Plush-crested Jay
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