Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Corvidae > Cyanocorax > Cyanocorax melanocyaneusCyanocorax melanocyaneus (Bushy-crested Jay)Synonyms: Cissilopha melanocyaneus melanocyaneus The bushy-crested jay (Cyanocorax melanocyaneus) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in Central America, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. There are two subspecies, C. m. melanocyaneus which is found in Guatemala and southern El Salvador, and C. m. chavezi from Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.6956 EDGE Score: 1.73969 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 110 grams |  | | Breeding Habitat [2] | Tropical cloud forests | | Wintering Geography [2] | Non-migrartory | | Wintering Habitat [2] | Tropical cloud forests | | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 60 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 30 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 30 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 4 | | Snout to Vent Length [4] | 11 inches (29 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Central American montane forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Central American pine-oak forests |
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Atitlan |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro El Amay |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Datanlí-El Diablo Hill |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2 |
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Dipilto-Jalapa Mountain Range |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Imposible Forest |
El Salvador |
A3 |
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El Jaguar |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Miraflor |
Nicaragua |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Montecristo |
Guatemala |
A1, A3 |
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Montecristo Forest |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Río Sapo/Perquín |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Sacranix |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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San Miguel Volcano/El Jocotal Lagoon |
El Salvador |
A3 |
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San Salvador Volcano |
El Salvador |
A2 |
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San Vicente Volcano |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Santiaguito Volcano |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sierra de las Minas-Motagua |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tacana-Tajumulco |
Guatemala |
A1, A2 |
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The Alotepeque Range |
El Salvador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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The Volcans and San Marcelino |
El Salvador |
A2, A3 |
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Yalijux |
Guatemala |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Determinants of tree species preference of birds in oak–acacia woodlands of Central America, Russell Greenberg and Peter Bichier, Journal of Tropical Ecology (2005) 21:57–66. ♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018. ♦ 3Hamish 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 ♦ 4Nathan 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 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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