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Atlapetes melanocephalus (Santa Marta Brush Finch)

Synonyms: Buarremon melanocephalus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Santa Marta brush finch (Atlapetes melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Atlapetes melanocephalus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.58563
EDGE Score: 1.52293
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  25 grams
Forages - Understory [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera de Merida páramo Venezuela Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Santa Marta montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arhuaco de la Sierra Nevada Indigenous Reserve 484079 Colombia  
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (incl. Tayrona NP) National Park II 1031303 Colombia  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cuchilla de San Lorenzo Colombia A1, A2, A3  
Valle de San Salvador Colombia A1, A2, A3  
Valle del Río Frío Colombia A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Donegan, T. M. & Huertas, B. C. 2006. A new brush-finch in the Atlapetes latinuchus complex from the Yariguíes Mountains and adjacent Eastern Andes of Colombia. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 126: 94–116.
♦ 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