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title: "Plush-crested Jay"
description: "Cyanocorax chrysops — Birds. The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a jay of the family Corvidae (which includes the crows and their many allies)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/plush-crested-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plush-crested Jay

> Cyanocorax chrysops — Birds. The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a jay of the family Corvidae (which includes the crows and their many allies).

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax chrysops*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 5014
- Wikidata: [Q693625](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693625)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8484](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8484)

## Names

- en: Plush-crested Jay
- de: Kappenblaurabe
- es: Urraca de cresta alborotada
- fr: Geai acahé
- nl: Witnekgaai
- pt: Gralha-de-crista-negra
- pl: Modrowronka pluszogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2316), BR (2179), BO (147), PY (83), UY (65)

## Summary

The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a jay of the family Corvidae (which includes the crows and their many allies). 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plush-crested_jay

## Photo

![Plush-crested Jay](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plush-crested-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289395989

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plush-crested-jay?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).