Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Corvidae > Urocissa > Urocissa ornataUrocissa ornata (Sri Lanka Blue Magpie)The Sri Lanka blue magpie or Ceylon magpie (Urocissa ornata) is a member of the crow family living in the hill forests of Sri Lanka, where it is endemic. This is a species of a dense wet evergreen temperate rain forest. It is declining due to loss of this habitat. Sri Lanka Blue Magpie is usually found in small groups of up to six or seven birds. It is largely carnivorous, eating small frogs, lizards, insects and other invertebrates, but will eat fruit. The Sri Lanka blue magpie has a variety of calls including mimicry, a loud chink-chink and a rasping krak-krak-krak-krak. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.35255 EDGE Score: 3.38134 |
Adult Weight [1] | 196 grams | Female Weight [3] | 196 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 20 % | Diet - Fruit [2] | 20 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 40 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 50 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 10 % | | Clutch Size [4] | 3 | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 18 inches (45 cm) |
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Land Use |
Agrapatana-Bopaththalawa |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bambarabotuwa |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Delgoda / Kudumiriya / Kobahadukanda |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Delwela / Panilkanda / Walankanda |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dotalugala / Rassagala |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gilimale-Eratna |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hakgala / Meepilimana |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Haputale |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Horton plains / Ohiya / Pattipola-Ambewela |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kithulgala |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Knuckles |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Morapitiya-Runakanda |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nakiyadeniya / Kanneliya / Dediyagala |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nuwara Eliya |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Peak Wilderness |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sinharaja |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Waratalgoda |
Sri Lanka |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Wildlife As Canon Sees It♦ 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 ♦ 3Nathan 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 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. 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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