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Conopophaga castaneiceps (Chestnut-crowned Gnateater)

Wikipedia Abstract

The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Foursubspecies are recognized: \n* C. c. chocoensis Chapman, 1915 - western Colombia \n* C. c castaneiceps Sclater, 1857 - Colombia and Ecuador \n* C. c chapmani Carriker, 1933 - Ecuador and Peru \n* C. c brunneinucha von Berlepsch & Stolzmann,1896 - Peru
View Wikipedia Record: Conopophaga castaneiceps

Infraspecies

Conopophaga castaneiceps brunneinucha
Conopophaga castaneiceps castaneiceps
Conopophaga castaneiceps chapmani
Conopophaga castaneiceps chocoensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.912
EDGE Score: 2.47755
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  28 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  60 %

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Cordillera Azul National Park 3367365 Huanuco, Peru  
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  
Podocarpus National Park II 364096 Ecuador  
Reserva Natural Tambito   Colombia      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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