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Spinus atriceps (Black-capped Siskin)

Synonyms: Carduelis atriceps
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-capped siskin (Spinus atriceps) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
13
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.04038
EDGE Score: 1.61748
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  14 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical cloud forests, Mexican pine-oak forests, Pine-oak forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical cloud forests, Mexican pine-oak forests
Diet [3]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [3]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  50 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central American montane forests Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central American pine-oak forests Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Chiapas montane forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Antigua Guatemala Guatemala A1, A2, A3
Atitlan Guatemala A1, A2, A3
Cuchumatanes Guatemala A1, A2, A3
Santiaguito Volcano Guatemala A1, A2, A3
Yalijux Guatemala A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

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
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 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
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