Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Thraupidae > Spindalis > Spindalis portoricensisSpindalis portoricensis (Puerto Rican Spindalis)Synonyms: Tanagra portoricensis The Puerto Rican spindalis (Spindalis portoricensis) is a bird endemic to the island of Puerto Rico, where it is commonly known as reina mora. The species is widely distributed throughout the island and is an important part of the Puerto Rican ecosystem because of its help in seed dispersal and plant reproduction. The Puerto Rican spindalis has been proposed as the national bird of the United States Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.18578 EDGE Score: 1.97211 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 32 grams | | Female Weight [2] | 35 grams | | Male Weight [2] | 30 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [2] | 16.7 % |  | | Clutch Size [2] | 3 |
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IBA Criteria |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Acantilados del Noroeste |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A2, B4ii |
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Caño Tiburones |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Carite |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Ceiba and Naguabo |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A2 |
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Cienaga Las Cucharillas |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Cordillera Central |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A2 |
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El Yunque |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Este Central |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Guaniquilla and Boquerón |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Humacao |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Jobos Bay |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2, A4iii, B4i |
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Karso del Norte |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Karso del Sur |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Maricao and Susúa |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Salinas de Punta Cucharas |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A2, B4i |
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Sierra Bermeja and Laguna Cartagena |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2 |
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Suroeste |
Puerto Rico (to USA) |
A1, A2, A4i, A4iii, B4i |
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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 ♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 3Avian fruit preferences across a Puerto Rican forested landscape: pattern consistency and implications for seed removal, Tomás A. Carlo, Jaime A. Collazo and Martha J. Groom, Oecologia (2003) 134:119131 |
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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