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Veniliornis frontalis (Dot-fronted Woodpecker)

Synonyms: Cloronerpes frontalis; Dryobates frontalis

Wikipedia Abstract

The dot-fronted woodpecker (Veniliornis frontalis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Veniliornis frontalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.30985
EDGE Score: 1.1969
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  37 grams
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  30 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bolivian Yungas Bolivia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Reserva Nacional de Flora y Fauna Tariquía Bolivia A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Fiora, A. 1933. El peso de las aves. Hornero 5: 174–188
♦ 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
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