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Eunymphicus cornutus (Horned Parakeet)

Synonyms: Psittacus cornutus

Wikipedia Abstract

The horned parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus) is a species of parrot in the genus Eunymphicus, in the family Psittaculidae. Eunymphicus cornutus is a medium-sized parrot endemic to New Caledonia. It is called "horned" because it has two black feathers that protrude from the head and have red tips.
View Wikipedia Record: Eunymphicus cornutus

Infraspecies

Eunymphicus cornutus cornutus (Horned parakeet)
Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis (Ouvea horned parakeet) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eunymphicus cornutus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.60587
EDGE Score: 2.91363
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  130 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Nectarivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  60 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Incubation [3]  21 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  20 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  13 inches (32 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
New Caledonia dry forests France Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
New Caledonia rain forests France Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
de la Haute Yate Special Fauna Reserve 39290 New Caledonia  
Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park 20001 Tennessee, United States
Parc Territorial de la Riviere Bleue Territorial Park 22351 New Caledonia  
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Caledonia New Caledonia Yes

Prey / Diet

Agathis lanceolata (Koghis kauri)[3]
Carica papaya (papaya)[3]
Lantana camara (lantana)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Pteropus tonganus (Pacific flying fox)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 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
♦ 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.
♦ 4Masello JF, Quillfeldt P (2002) Chick growth and breeding success of the burrowing parrot Condor 104:574–586
♦ 5Nathan 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
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