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Amblyramphus holosericeus (Scarlet-headed Blackbird)

Synonyms: Xanthornus holosericeus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is an icterid bird of southern South American wetlands. This species is about 24 cm long. The bill is oddly shaped: long, slender, and very sharp, looking almost upturned. Adults of both sexes are described by their name. Juveniles have entirely black plumage; orange-red feathers first appear on their breast and throat, later spreading to the neck, head, and thighs. The song is given as "loud, clear, and melodic, a ringing 'cleer-cleer-clur, clulululu'." Calls are simpler but have a similar quality.
View Wikipedia Record: Amblyramphus holosericeus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
16
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.18442
EDGE Score: 1.82203

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  58 grams
Female Weight [3]  75 grams
Male Weight [3]  86 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  14.7 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Incubation [4]  13 days
Migration [5]  Migratory

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cerrado Brazil No

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
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
3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
4LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AND BREEDING SUCCESS OF THE SCARLET-HEADED BLACKBIRD (AMBLYRAMPHUS HOLOSERICEUS) IN THE ARGENTINEAN PAMPAS, Gustavo J. Fernández, Myriam E. Mermoz, Paulo E. Llambías, & E. Manuela Pujol, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 18: 407– 419, 2007
5Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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