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Melanerpes carolinus (Red-bellied Woodpecker)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. It breeds in southern Canada, northeastern Mexico, and the northeastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far west as Texas. Its common name is somewhat misleading, as the most prominent red part of its plumage is on the head; the red-headed woodpecker, however, is another species that is a rather close relative but looks quite different.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
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 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
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 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.04674
EDGE Score: 1.61874
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  70 grams
Birth Weight [3]  8 grams
Female Weight [5]  66 grams
Male Weight [5]  73 grams
Weight Dimorphism [5]  10.6 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  30 %
Diet - Nectar [4]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  20 %
Forages - Aerial [4]  20 %
Forages - Canopy [4]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  20 %
Clutch Size [6]  5
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [1]  25 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  15,000,000
Incubation [3]  12 days
Mating Display [7]  Ground display
Mating System [7]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  21 years
Migration [8]  Migratory
Snout to Vent Length [1]  9 inches (24 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

Ecoregions

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Prey / Diet

Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)[9]
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)[10]
Zea mays (corn)[10]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

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Citations

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♦ 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
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de 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
♦ 4Hamish 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
♦ 5Koenig, WD, EL Walters, JR Walters, JS Kellam, KG Michalek, and MS Schrader. 2005. Seasonal body weight variation in five species of woodpeckers. Condor 107:810–822
♦ 6Jetz 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
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 9Characteristics of Some Fruiting Plant Species in Northwest Arkansas, and the Avian Assemblages that Feed on Them, John W. Prather, Kimberly G. Smith, Michael A. Mlodinow, Cecilia M. Riley, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science,Vol. 54, 2000, pp. 103-108
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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