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Augastes scutatus (Hyacinth Visorbearer)

Synonyms: Trochilus scutatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The hyacinth visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Augastes scutatus

Infraspecies

Augastes scutatus ilseae (Hyacinth visorbearer)
Augastes scutatus scutatus (Hyacinth visorbearer)
Augastes scutatus soaresi (Hyacinth visorbearer)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.23945
EDGE Score: 2.80208
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.4 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  70 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [1]  15 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bahia interior forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Serra do Cipo National Park II 78590 Minas Gerais, Brazil  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Botumirim Brazil A1, A2
Ouro Preto / Mariana Brazil A1, A2
Parque Estadual do Pico do Itambé e Serra do Gavião Brazil A1, A2
Serra do Caraça Brazil A1, A2
Serra do Cipó Brazil A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil Yes

Prey / Diet

Barbacenia flava[1]
Barbacenia sessiliflora[1]
Psittacanthus robustus[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Antilophia galeata (Helmeted Manakin)1
Cyanocorax cristatellus (Curl-crested Jay)1
Hemithraupis ruficapilla (Rufous-headed Tanager)1
Thraupis sayaca (Sayaca Tanager)1

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
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