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Polytmus milleri (Tepui Goldenthroat)

Synonyms: Waldronia milleri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tepui goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Polytmus milleri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.13576
EDGE Score: 2.2122
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.9 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  80 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [1]  15 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Pantepuis Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument 1408056 Venezuela  
Imataca Forest Reserve VI 13252422 Venezuela  
Parque Nacional Canaima National Park II 7542183 Venezuela  
San Pedro Forest Plot 1871576 Bolívar, Venezuela  
Sur del Estado Bolívar Protective Zone 17945677 Bolívar, Venezuela      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Monumento Natural Tepui Roraima Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Canaima Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Duida-Marahuaca Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Jaua-Sarisariñama Venezuela A2
Tepuis do Amazonas Brazil A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
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