Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii)

Purplish-backed Jay, a reference photo — Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

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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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Purplish-backed Jay being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Cyanocorax sanblasianus
Cyanocorax yucatanicus
Cyanocorax caeruleus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Cyanocorax
Species: Cyanocorax beecheii

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