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Charmosyna wilhelminae (Pygmy Lorikeet)

Synonyms: Glossopsitta wilhelminae; Trichoglossus wilhelminae

Wikipedia Abstract

The pygmy lorikeet (Charmosyna wilhelminae) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the eastern Huon Peninsula. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The world population of pygmy lorikeets is thought to be less than 50,000 individuals, but stable. They live at altitudes of 1000-2200m.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.59482
EDGE Score: 1.52493
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Nectarivore, Herbivore
Diet - Nectar [1]  60 %
Diet - Plants [1]  40 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  60 %

Ecoregions

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
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