World Species : Threnetes leucurus (Pale-throated barbthroat)

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Threnetes leucurus (Pale-throated barbthroat)

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Synonyms: Trochilus leucurus

Wikipedia Abstract

The pale-tailed barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in the Amazon Basin proper and bordering countries, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

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Infraspecies

Threnetes leucurus cervinicauda
Threnetes leucurus leucurus
Threnetes leucurus medianus
Threnetes leucurus rufigastra

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 8.73951

EDGE Score: 2.27619

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	6.5 grams
Birth Weight ^[2]	0.9 grams

Diet ^[3]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates ^[3]	10 %
Diet - Nectar ^[3]	90 %
Forages - Understory ^[3]	100 %

Clutch Size ^[4]	2
Incubation ^[4]	17 days

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Caqueta moist forests	Brazil, Columbia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Cordillera La Costa montane forests	Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan Freshwater swamp forests	Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan Highlands moist forests	Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan moist forests	Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan savanna	Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Iquitos varzea	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests	Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Juruá-Purus moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Madeira-Tapajós moist forests	Brazil, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Marajó varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Monte Alegre varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Napo moist forests	Colombia, Venezuela, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Negro-Branco moist forests	Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pantepuis	Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Purus varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Purus-Madeira moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Solimões-Japurá moist forest	Brazil, Colombia, Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southwest Amazon moist forests	Peru, Brazil, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tapajós-Xingu moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tocantins/Pindare moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests	Brazil, Guyana, Suriname	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ucayali moist forests	Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Tropical Andes	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela	No

Prey / Diet

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Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing Species	Common Prey Count
Amazilis amazilia (Amazilia Hummingbird)	1
Chionomesa lactea (Sapphire-spangled Emerald)	1
Crax alector (Black Curassow)	1

Range Map

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
♦ ²Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ ³Hamish 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
♦ ⁴del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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