Cyanocorax yncas

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
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• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Family Corvidae

A Family of passerine songbirds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers. Corvids are medium to large birds with strong feet and bills, rictal bristles and a single moult each year.

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests, tropical deciduous forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 2,800 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper tropical: higher slopes, 900-1,600 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).Mean = 108.900 meters (357.283 feet), Standard Deviation = 422.560 based on 2,481 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 14.6Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Diet

Mostly: Insects Seeds Fruit

Lesser Quantities of: Eggs

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Woodland
• Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 3-5
• Length of Incubation : 17-18 days
• Days to Fledge : 19-22
• Number of Broods: 1

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cyanocorax yncas (Boddaert, 1783)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

None

Members of the genus Cyanocorax

There are approximately 47 species in this genus:

C. affinis · C. affinis affinis · C. affinis ssp · C. affinis zeledoni · C. azureus · C. beecheii · C. beechii · C. caeruleus (Azure Jay) · C. cayanus · C. chrysops (Plush-Crested Jay) · C. chrysops chrysops · C. coeruleus · C. cristatella · C. cristatellus · C. cyanocapillus · C. cyanomelas · C. cyanopogon · C. dickeyi (Tufted Jay) · C. heilprini · C. hyacinthinus · C. intermedius · C. melanocyanea · C. melanocyanea melanocyanea · C. melanocyaneus · C. melanocyaneus melanocyaneus · C. morio (Brown Jay) · C. morio cyanogenys · C. morio morio · C. mystacalis · C. nigriceps · C. sanblasianus · C. sanblasianus sanblasianus · C. sanblasianus yucatanica · C. tucumanus · C. uroleucus · C. violaceus · C. violaceus violaceus · C. yncas (Green Jay) · C. yncas andicolus · C. yncas centralis · C. yncas glaucescens · C. yncas guatimalensis · C. yncas luxuosa · C. yncas luxuosus · C. yncas ssp · C. yncas yncas (Green Jay) · C. yucatanicus

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Dickinson, E.C. (Editor) (2003): The Howard and Moore Complete Check-List of the Birds of the World, edition 3rd Edition, Christopher Helm
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

More Info

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
• Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
• Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
• Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3847122
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179714
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850083
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179712
• IUCN ID: 51117
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAV04030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178188

Footnotes

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