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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

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

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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