Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Fringillidae > Hesperiphona > Hesperiphona abeillei

Hesperiphona abeillei (Hooded Grosbeak)

Synonyms: Coccothraustes abeillei

Wikipedia Abstract

The hooded grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) is a passerine bird in the finch family found in the highlands of Central America, principally in Mexico. This is a medium large grosbeak with a large bill. The male has a black head and bright yellow upper parts. The female is less brightly coloured and has a smaller black cap.
View Wikipedia Record: Hesperiphona abeillei

Infraspecies

Hesperiphona abeillei abeillei
Hesperiphona abeillei cobanensis
Hesperiphona abeillei pallida
Hesperiphona abeillei saturata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.69643
EDGE Score: 2.27176
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  48 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Mexican highland forests, Tropical cloud forests, Montane evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Mexican highland forests, Tropical cloud forests
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Plants [3]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  70 %

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Montecristo National Park IV 9237 El Salvador  
Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo Biosphere Reserve 353161 Mexico  
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve VI 955579 Queretaro, Mexico  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anomaloporus hesperiphonae <Unverified Name>[4]
Orthoskrjabinia conica[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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