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Myiothlypis signata (Pale-legged Warbler)

Synonyms: Basileuterus signatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The pale-legged warbler (Myiothlypis signata) is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist montane, as well as subtropical or tropical heavily degraded former forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Myiothlypis signata

Infraspecies

Myiothlypis signata flavovirens
Myiothlypis signata signata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.1967
EDGE Score: 1.64802
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.3 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.2 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Understory [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Incubation [4]  17 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bolivian Yungas Bolivia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central Andean puna Argentina, Bolivia, Peru Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Peruvian Yungas Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Andean Yungas Bolivia, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina
Madidi National Park II 3194501 Bolivia  
Megantoni National Sanctuary 536005 Cusco, Peru  
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  

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
♦ 1Remsen, JV, Jr. 1985. Community organization and ecology of birds of high elevation humid forest of the Bolivian Andes. Ornithol. Monogr. 36: 733-756
♦ 2Auer, SK, RD Bassar, JJ Fontaine, and TE Martin. 2007. Breeding biology of passerines in a subtropical montane forest in northwestern Argentina Condor 109:321–333
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4W. Andrew Cox and Thomas E Martin. (2009) Breeding Biology of the Three-Striped Warbler in Venezuela: a Contrast between Tropical and Temperate Parulids The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:4, 667-678
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