Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Brown Jay
Common Names in German:
Braunhäher
Common Names in Spanish:
Chara Pap, Chara papán
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : Crest : short, brushy Bill: black Body: Belly: cream Color: dark sooty brown Tail: sooty brown Length : long Undertail Coverts: cream.
Size/Age/Growth
About 15 to 17 inches long, with a wingspan of 30 to 30 inches. Adults weigh about 7.2 ounces .
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,824 meters (0 to 5,984 feet).[1]
Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Biology
Reproduction
- Length of Incubation : 18-20 days
- Days to Fledge : 22-31
- Number of Broods: 1, occasionally 2
Migration
Nonmigratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Parvorder:
Corvida
()
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
()
- Family:
Corvidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Genus:
Cyanocorax
()
- Boie, 1826
- Specific name:
morio
- (Wagler, 1829)
- Scientific name: - Cyanocorax morio (Wagler, 1829)
- Specific name:
morio
- (Wagler, 1829)
- Genus:
Cyanocorax
(
- Family:
Corvidae
(
- Superfamily:
Corvoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Corvida
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Jul-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cyanocorax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. affinis (Black-Chested Jay) · C. affinis affinis (Black-Chested Jay) · C. beecheii (Purplish-Backed Jay) · (Azure Jay) · C. cayanus (Cayenne Jay) · C. chrysops (Plush-Crested Jay) · C. chrysops chrysops (Plush-Crested Jay) · C. cristatellus (Curl-Crested Jay) · C. cyanomelas (Purplish Jay) · C. cyanopogon (White-Naped Jay) · C. dickeyi (Tufted Jay) · C. heilprini (Azure-Naped Jay) · C. melanocyaneus (Bushy-Crested Jay) · C. melanocyaneus melanocyaneus (Bushy-Crested Jay) · C. morio (Brown Jay) · C. morio morio (Brown Jay) · C. mystacalis (White-Tailed Jay) · C. sanblasianus (San Blas Jay) · C. sanblasianus sanblasianus (San Blas Jay) · C. violaceus (Violaceous Jay) · C. violaceus violaceus (Violaceous Jay) · C. yncas (Rio Grande Jay) · C. yncas yncas (Green Jay) · C. yucatanicus (Yucatan Jay)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 503, p. 804.
- Journal of ethnobiology. 12-13 1992-1993 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 197.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 06, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 06, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
- Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12178
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179715
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2498402
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179715
- IUCN ID: 51118
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAV04040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13960
Footnotes
- Mean = 541.730 meters (1,777.329 feet), Standard Deviation = 640.850 based on 1,033 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
