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Malacoptila mystacalis (Moustached Puffbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

The moustached puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It is one of seven species in the genus Malacoptila. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical and tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.578
EDGE Score: 2.60845
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  49 grams

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Reserva de la Planada   Colombia      
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park 218030 Venezuela  
Reserva Natural Tambito   Colombia      
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) National Park II 1031303 Colombia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Sanft, K. 1970. Gewichte südamerikanischer Vögel-Nonpasseres. Beitr. Vogelkd. 16: 344–354
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