Listen to the Inca jay
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About the Inca jay
The Inca jay is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 76 g.
What does the Inca jay sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and calls. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is native to the Andes of South America. It is widely known as querrequerre in Spanish, an onomatopoeic name derived from the bird's call.
Related birds in the genus Cyanocorax
More from the family Corvidae
Common raven
Corvus corax
Eurasian magpie
Pica pica
Eurasian jay
Garrulus glandarius
Western jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
Hooded crow
Corvus cornix
Carrion crow
Corvus corone
Northern nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Blue jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Alpine chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Frequently asked questions
What does an Inca jay sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Inca jay on this page, including its call and calls. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Inca jay endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Inca jay as “least concern”.
What family does the Inca jay belong to?
The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Calls · Napo: Cord. de los Guacamayos (1700-1800 m), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q918078 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Inca jay – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0