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Conirostrum tamarugense (Tamarugo Conebill)

Wikipedia Abstract

The tamarugo conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is found in Chile and Peru, and receives its name from the tamarugo, a type of shrub to which is closely associated. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and plantations.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
32
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.21723
EDGE Score: 2.82547
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11 grams
Female Weight [1]  11 grams
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  90 %

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Chiguata Peru A1
Reserva Nacional Salinas y Aguada Blanca Peru A1, A4i
Volcán Yucamani Peru A1

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Leptotes trigemmatus[3]

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
♦ 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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