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Cyanocorax yncas (Inca Jay; Green Jay)

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Infraspecies

Cyanocorax yncas andicolus
Cyanocorax yncas centralis
Cyanocorax yncas cyanodorsalis
Cyanocorax yncas galeatus
Cyanocorax yncas guatimalensis
Cyanocorax yncas longirostris
Cyanocorax yncas maya
Cyanocorax yncas speciosus
Cyanocorax yncas vividus
Cyanocorax yncas yncas

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.4541
EDGE Score: 2.13465
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  84 grams
Birth Weight [3]  7.1 grams
Female Weight [1]  80 grams
Male Weight [1]  88 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  30 %
Forages - Understory [4]  70 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [5]  2
Fledging [1]  19 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  2,000,000
Incubation [5]  17 days
Mating Display [3]  Ground display
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [1]  11 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  10 inches (26 cm)
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Ficus cotinifolia[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0