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Diglossa baritula (Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is a species known to be a nectar robber, apparently taking nectar while not pollinating the plant.
View Wikipedia Record: Diglossa baritula

Infraspecies

Diglossa baritula baritula
Diglossa baritula montana
Diglossa baritula parva

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.45416
EDGE Score: 1.49384
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.2 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Mexican highland forests, Mexican pine-oak forests, Tropical cloud forests, Montane evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Mexican highland forests, Mexican pine-oak forests, Tropical cloud forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  50 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  30 %
Forages - Understory [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Fledging [4]  16 days
Incubation [4]  14 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cerro Verde National Park   El Salvador      
El Rey National Park II 110298 Salta, Argentina
Montecristo National Park IV 9237 El Salvador  
Proyecto Ecologico Quetzal   Guatemala    
Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve VI 955579 Queretaro, Mexico  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

Prey / Diet

Byttneria catalpifolia[5]
Circium jaliscoana[5]
Miconia subseriata[5]
Prunus capulli[5]
Prunus persica (peach)[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1SalvaNATURA - Programa de Monitoreo de Aves
♦ 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
♦ 4Nathan 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
♦ 5Jorge E. Schondube, Eduardo Santana C., Irma Ruan-Tejeda. (2003) Biannual Cycles of the Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Biotropica 35:2, 250-261
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