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Melanerpes herminieri (Guadeloupe Woodpecker)

Synonyms: Picus herminieri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Guadeloupe woodpecker (Melanerpes herminieri) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to Guadeloupe.
View Wikipedia Record: Melanerpes herminieri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.39222
EDGE Score: 2.54823
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  83 grams
Female Weight [1]  74 grams
Male Weight [1]  92 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  24.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  80 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [1]  3
Incubation [1]  15 days
Mating System [3]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Leeward Islands moist forests St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Lesser Antillean dry forests Grenada, St. Lucia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Guadeloupe Archipelago Biosphere Reserve 172250 Guadeloupe  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island Guadeloupe (to France) A1, A2  
Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin's eastern coastline Guadeloupe (to France) A1, A2  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Prey / Diet

Eleutherodactylus martinicensis (Martinique Robber Frog)[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 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
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