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Columba malherbii (Island Bronze-naped Pigeon)

Wikipedia Abstract

The island bronze-naped pigeon (Columba malherbii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is part of the Turturoena subgenus.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.93142
EDGE Score: 2.62921
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Attributes

Forages - Canopy [1]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  80 %
Forages - Understory [1]  10 %
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sao Tome, Principe and Annobon moist lowland forests São Tomé and Príncipe Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parc National de Tai National Park II 1085310 Côte d'Ivoire  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Annobón Equatorial Guinea A1, A2, A4i    
Príncipe forests São Tomé Principe A1, A2  
São Tomé lowland forests São Tomé Principe A1, A2  
São Tomé montane and cloud-forests São Tomé Principe A1, A2  
São Tomé northern savannas São Tomé Principe A1, A2  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Guinean Forests of West Africa Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo Yes

Prey / Diet

Cestrum axillare (Ink Berry)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Zosterops lugubris (Black-capped Speirops)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3del 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
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