This jay, endemic to the Amami Islands, has a blue head and rusty body. Its calls carry through the forest, and it may be seen in small flocks.
The head is deep blue, the bill ivory-white, and the body rusty red.
It inhabits mature evergreen broadleaf and coniferous forests on Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima and sometimes visits gardens. It is noisy and occurs in small flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.