Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Thraupidae > Dolospingus > Dolospingus fringilloides

Dolospingus fringilloides (White-naped Seedeater)

Synonyms: Oryzoborus fringilloides (homotypic); Sporophila fringilloides (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-naped seedeater (Dolospingus fringilloides) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Dolospingus. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
View Wikipedia Record: Dolospingus fringilloides

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.39474
EDGE Score: 1.68543
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12.5 grams
Male Weight [3]  13.1 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Guianan Highlands moist forests Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Negro-Branco moist forests Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pantepuis Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve 20756852 Amazonas, Venezuela      
Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Area 19768430 Amazonas, Brazil      
Parima-Tapirapecó National Park 8451004 Venezuela  
Pico da Neblina National Park II 5436318 Amazonas, Brazil      
Yanomami Indigenous Area 23882673 Brazil      

Important Bird Areas

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
♦ 3Robbins, MB, MJ Braun, CJ Huddleston, DW Finch, and CM Milensky. 2005. First Guyana records, natural history and systematics of the White-naped Seedeater Dolospingus fringilloides Ibis 147:334–341
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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