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Callacanthis burtoni (Spectacled Finch)

Wikipedia Abstract

The spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni, also known as red-browed finch) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in temperate northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, ranging across Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests with a lush landscape.
View Wikipedia Record: Callacanthis burtoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.72106
EDGE Score: 1.74415
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  10 %
Diet - Plants [1]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  40 %
Forages - Understory [1]  20 %
Forages - Ground [1]  80 %
Clutch Size [2]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Sulaiman Range alpine meadows Afghanistan, Pakistan Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows India, Nepal Palearctic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests India, Pakistan, Nepal Indo-Malayan Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Great Himalayan National Park II 184040 Himachal Pradesh, India
Kanawar Sanctuary IV 19991 Himachal Pradesh, India  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Dhauludhar Wildlife Sanctuary and McLeod Gunj India A1, A2
Great Himalayan National Park India A1, A2
Naran Reserve Forest to Saif-ul-Maluk lake Pakistan A2, A3
Palas valley Pakistan A1, A2, A3
Safed Koh Afghanistan A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No

Prey / Diet

Berberis lycium[2]
Viburnum nervosum[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Turdus rubrocanus (Chestnut Thrush)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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