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Calochaetes coccineus (Vermilion Tanager)

Synonyms: Euchaetes coccineus

Wikipedia Abstract

The vermilion tanager (Calochaetes coccineus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus Calochaetes. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.07847
EDGE Score: 2.3104
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  46 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  70 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peruvian Yungas Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Megantoni National Sanctuary 536005 Cusco, Peru  
Podocarpus National Park II 364096 Ecuador  

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
♦ 1Parker, TA, Ill, and SA Parker. 1982. Behavioural and distributional notes on some unusual birds of a lower montane cloud forest in Peru. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 102:63-70
♦ 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