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Purplish-backed jay
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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.[2] The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being a "species of least concern".
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Purplish-backed jay | |
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In Sinaloa, Mexico | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Corvidae |
Genus: | Cyanocorax |
Species: | C. beecheii |
Binomial name | |
Cyanocorax beecheii (Vigors, 1829) | |
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