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Cistothorus meridae (Merida Wren)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mérida wren (Cistothorus meridae), or the paramo wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Cistothorus meridae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.012
EDGE Score: 1.94762
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.46 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera de Merida páramo Venezuela Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Guaramacal National Park II 62675 Venezuela  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Parque Nacional Guaramacal Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Páramos Batallón y La Negra Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Sierra La Culata Venezuela A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada Venezuela A1, A2, A3

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
♦ 1rangeMapper - A package for easy generation of biodiversity (species richness) or life-history traits maps using species geographical ranges, Mihai Valcu and James Dale, 2011
♦ 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