Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii)
About the Purplish-backed Jay
The purplish-backed jay (Cyanocorax beecheii) is a bird of the crow family Corvidae, with purple feathers on its back, wings, and tail and black feathers elsewhere. It is endemic to northwestern Mexico, where its habitat is mainly dry deciduous forest. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being a "species of least concern".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 11 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleusrecording
- Green JayCyanocorax luxuosusrecording
- Inca JayCyanocorax yncasrecording
- Violaceous JayCyanocorax violaceusrecording
- White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.