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Aethopyga flagrans (Flaming Sunbird)

Synonyms: Aethopyga flagrans daphoenonota; Aethopyga flagrans decolor

Wikipedia Abstract

The flaming sunbird (Aethopyga flagrans) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.14159
EDGE Score: 2.21283
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.7 grams
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Greater Negros-Panay rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Luzon montane rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Luzon rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Luzon tropical pine forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Philippines Philippines Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Goodman, SM and PC Gonzales. 1990. The birds of Mount Isarog National Park, southern Luzon, Philippines, with particular reference to altitudinal distribution. Fieldiana: Zoology (NS) 60:1–39
♦ 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
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