Sichuan Jay
Perisoreus internigrans
Sooty jay with a dark head and a bright yellow bill. Unlike many other jays, tends to be quiet and unobtrusive. Usually seen foraging in pairs or small family units. Glides across openings in the forest. Generally uncommon and local; frequently difficult to locate. No other corvid in the region combines a long tail, dark gray body, and yellow bill. Inhabits dense, mature coniferous forest in foothill valleys, high-altitude slopes, and flat areas.
Identification
The Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is endemic to China.
Taxonomy
It is one of three members of the genus Perisoreus, the others being the Siberian jay, P. infaustus, found from Norway to eastern Russia, and the Canada jay, P. canadensis, restricted to the boreal forest and western montane regions of North America. All three species store food and live year-round on permanent territories in coniferous forests.
- Scientific name
- Perisoreus internigrans
- Authority
- (Thayer & Bangs, 1912)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Perisoreus
Range and habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
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