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Setophaga ruticilla (American Redstart)

Synonyms: Motacilla ruticilla (homotypic); Setophaga ruticilla ruticilla; Setophaga ruticilla tricolora
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler. It is unrelated to the Old World redstarts.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.54927
EDGE Score: 1.71367
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8 grams
Birth Weight [3]  1.3 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Boreal forests, Temperate western forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Widespread Neotropical
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical dry forests, Mangroves
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [4]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [4]  80 %
Clutch Size [6]  4
Clutches / Year [5]  1
Fledging [1]  9 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  42,000,000
Incubation [5]  12 days
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [5]  10 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Female Maturity [5]  1 year
Male Maturity [5]  1 year

Ecoregions

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Ficus citrifolia (shortleaf fig)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

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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.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 5de 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
♦ 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
♦ 7Myers, 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
♦ 8"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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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