Shot on the island at Iguazu National Park in Argentina. The Plush-crested Jay is very common in North Argentina, and is not too shy either.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/6.3
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
200 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/100 sec
Date/Time
Wed 02 Apr 2008 09:39:42 PM EDT
English Plush-crested Jay
Scientific (Cyanocorax chrysops)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Corvidae
Family (English) Crows, Jays
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions SA
Breeding Range Subregions sc, e
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Paraguay,Uruguay,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
diesingii nc Brazil s of the Amazon
insperatus ne Brazil s of the Amazon
chrysops Bolivia to se Brazil, Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay
tucumanus nw Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Vieillot, 1818)
German Kappenblaurabe
French Geai acahé
Chinese 绒冠蓝鸦
Japanese ルリサンジャク
Russian Плюшевоголовая разноцветная сойка
Spanish Chara moñuda
Portuguese gralha-picaça
Bird Data App text Typical noisy jay that moves in groups.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)