Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)
Curl-crested Jay, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image Brazil

According to Sick, the Curl-crested Jay is Endemic to Brazil but Ridgely & Tudor include NE Paraguay in its range.

Its normal habitat is cerrado where it can be fairly common.

Curl-crested Jay, Emas, Goiás, Brazil, April 2001 - click for larger image Like most jays it will eat almost anything that is either animal or vegetable.

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 1 and in Sick, Page 532.
Curl-crested Jay, Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image
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