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Psephotus chrysopterygius (Golden-shouldered Parrot; Golden-shouldered Parakeet)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.59218
EDGE Score: 3.80081
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  42 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2.9 grams
Male Weight [3]  42 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  70 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Fledging [3]  28 days
Incubation [4]  20 days
Mating System [1]  Monogamy
Snout to Vent Length [3]  10 inches (26 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year 6 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Carpentaria tropical savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Einasleigh upland savanna Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alwal (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) National Park Aboriginal 105044 Queensland, Australia      
Staaten River National Park 1161395 Queensland, Australia      

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ascaridia platyceri[8]
Pelecitus bartneri <Unverified Name>[8]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 2002. Recovery Plan for the golden-shouldered parrot Psephotus chrysopterygius 2003-2007. Report to Environment Australia, Canberra. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Brisbane.
♦ 7Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 8Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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