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Rhynchospiza strigiceps (Stripe-capped Sparrow)

Synonyms: Aimophila strigiceps; Zonotrichia strigiceps

Wikipedia Abstract

The stripe-capped sparrow (Rhynchospiza strigiceps) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family that is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhynchospiza strigiceps

Infraspecies

Rhynchospiza strigiceps dabbenei
Rhynchospiza strigiceps strigiceps

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.72169
EDGE Score: 2.16581
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  22 grams
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  80 %
Clutch Size [3]  4

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tinfunqué National Park 607935 Paraguay  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
KAA-IYA del Gran Chaco Bolivia A1, A3
Palmar de las Islas Bolivia A1, A3
Parque Nacional Médanos del Chaco Paraguay A1, A3
Parque Nacional Tinfunqué: Estero Patiño Paraguay A1, A3, A4i, A4iii

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kratter, AW, TS Sillett, RT Chesser, JP O'Neill, TA Parker III, and A. Castillo. 1993. Avifauna of a Chaco locality in Bolivia. Wilson Bulletin 105:114–141
♦ 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