Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Corvidae > Cyanocorax > Cyanocorax cayanusCyanocorax cayanus (Cayenne Jay)Synonyms: Corvus cayanus The Cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.89996 EDGE Score: 1.58923 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 175 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 4 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Guianan Freshwater swamp forests |
Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan Highlands moist forests |
Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan moist forests |
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan savanna |
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Pantepuis |
Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests |
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bakhuys mountains |
Suriname |
A1, A3 |
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Boven Coesewijne Nature Reserve (BCNR) |
Suriname |
A3 |
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Campinas e Várzeas do Rio Branco |
Brazil |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Caruachi |
Venezuela |
A1 |
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Centraal Suriname Nature Reserve (CSNR) |
Suriname |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kabalebo / Arapahu |
Suriname |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Monumento Natural Tepui Guaiquinima |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nouragues |
French Guiana |
A1, A3 |
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Parc Amazonien de Guyane et Saül |
French Guiana |
A1, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque |
Brazil |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Forestal Imataca |
Venezuela |
A1, A3 |
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Sipaliwini Nature Reserve |
Suriname |
A1, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Haverschmidt, F. and GF Mees. 1994. Birds of Suriname. Vaco, Paramaribo, Surinam ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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