Purplish Jay
Cyanocorax cyanomelas
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusCyanocorax (Cyanocorax Jays and Magpie-jays)
- SpeciesCyanocorax cyanomelas (Purplish Jay)
Closest Relatives at Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
Curl-crested Jay
Cyanocorax cristatellus
Pale-breasted Thrush
Turdus leucomelas
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Chopí Blackbird
Gnorimopsar chopi
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Purplish Jay in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Purplish Jay sighting in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, based on 304 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Purplish Jay in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Purplish Jay in Chapada dos Guimarães National Park in our monthly data.