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Leucosticte australis (Brown-capped Rosy-Finch; Brown-capped Rosy Finch)

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown-capped rosy finch (Leucosticte australis) is a medium-sized finch. Adults are brown on the head, back, and breast with pink on the belly, rump, and wings. The forehead is black. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. Their breeding habitat is mountain peaks in the central Rocky Mountains of the United States. They build a cup nest in a cavity on a cliff, or re-use abandoned cliff swallow nests. In winter, these birds migrate short distances to lower elevations. At one time, the three North American rosy finches were considered to be one species.
View Wikipedia Record: Leucosticte australis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Leucosticte australis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.44158
EDGE Score: 1.23593
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  31 grams
Female Weight [1]  29 grams
Male Weight [1]  33 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  13.8 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Alpine tundra
Wintering Geography [2]  Western U.S.
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate western forests, Alpine tundra
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  80 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  19 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  45,000
Incubation [4]  13 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  5 years 10 months
Female Maturity [1]  0 years 12 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Capital Reef National Park II 243722 Utah, United States

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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.
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 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
♦ 6de 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
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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