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title: "Purpergaai"
description: "Cyanocorax cyanomelas — Vogels. The purplish jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purplish-jay
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purpergaai

> Cyanocorax cyanomelas — Vogels. The purplish jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays.

- Scientific name: *Cyanocorax cyanomelas*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1408
- Wikidata: [Q1433146](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433146)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8483](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8483)

## Names

- en: Purplish Jay
- de: Purpurblaurabe
- es: Urraca morada
- fr: Geai bleu-noir
- nl: Purpergaai
- pt: Gralha-cinza
- pl: Modrowronka purpurowa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (618), BO (367), AR (177), PE (121), PY (27)

## Summary

The purplish jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae, the crows and jays. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and as a vagrant to Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Purpergaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purplish-jay/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124467942

## Machine access

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