Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Corvidae > Cyanolyca > Cyanolyca turcosaCyanolyca turcosa (Turquoise Jay)The turquoise jay (Cyanolyca turcosa) is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. The turquoise jay is a vibrant blue jay with a black face mask and collar. It is found exclusively in South America throughout southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. The turquoise jay prefers a humid habitat of montane evergreen forests and elfin forests with both primary and secondary growth. This bird is omnivorous and is known to eat insects, berries, eggs, and young birds of other species. Turquoise jays are nonmigratory and tend to travel in mixed flocks. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.43621 EDGE Score: 2.13253 |
Adult Weight [1] | 127 grams | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 50 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 50 % |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Aypate |
Peru |
A2 |
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Bosque de Cuyas |
Peru |
A1, A2 |
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Bosque Protector Colambo-Yacuri |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cajas-Mazán |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cerro Chinguela |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cordillera de Huacamayos-San Isidro-Sierra Azul |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Ángel-Cerro Golondrinas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Huamba |
Peru |
A1, A2 |
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Intag-Toisán |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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La Cocha |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Maquipucuna-Río Guayllabamba |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mindo y Estribaciones Occidentales del volcán Pichincha |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Montañas de Zapote-Najda |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Llanganates |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Podocarpus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sangay |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas y alrededores |
Ecuador |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Yunguilla |
Ecuador |
A1, A2 |
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Río Toachi-Chiriboga |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Toldo |
Peru |
A2 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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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 ♦ 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 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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