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Charmosyna placentis (Red-flanked Lorikeet)

Synonyms: Glossopsitta placentis; Psittacus placentis

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-flanked lorikeet (Charmosyna placentis) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. Only the adult males have the red plumage on the head and sides.
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Infraspecies

Charmosyna placentis intensior (Moluccan red-flanked lorikeet)
Charmosyna placentis ornata (West Papuan red-flanked lorikeet)
Charmosyna placentis pallidior (Solomon Island red-flanked lorikeet)
Charmosyna placentis placentis (Red-flanked lorikeet)
Charmosyna placentis subplacens (East red-flanked lorikeet)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.7995
EDGE Score: 1.56851
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  34 grams
Female Weight [1]  32 grams
Male Weight [1]  36 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  12.5 %
Diet [2]  Nectarivore, Herbivore
Diet - Nectar [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Clutch Size [1]  2

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Prey / Diet

Ficus bernaysii[3]
Ficus pungens[3]
Ficus thonningii (Chinese banyan)[3]
Ficus trachypison[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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
♦ 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
♦ 3"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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