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Spinus yarrellii (Yellow-faced Siskin)

Synonyms: Carduelis yarrellii

Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow-faced siskin (Spinus yarrellii) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist mountains, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, plantations, and urban areas. The binomial of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist William Yarrell.
View Wikipedia Record: Spinus yarrellii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Spinus yarrellii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 1.34253
EDGE Score: 2.23753
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.5 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  33 %
Forages - Understory [2]  33 %
Forages - Ground [2]  33 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Atlantic Coast restingas Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Caatinga Brazil Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Pernambuco coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pernambuco interior forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier National Park 218030 Venezuela  
Serra da Capivara National Park 247105 Piauí, Brazil  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1The Impact of Body Mass on Morphological Integration in Avian Skeletons (Aves, Fringillidae; Carduelinae, Fringillinae), Renate VAN DEN ELZEN & Hans L. NEMESCHKAL, Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (2007), pp. 25-35
♦ 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