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Erythrura cyaneovirens (Red-headed Parrot-Finch)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-headed parrotfinch (Erythrura cyaneovirens) is a common species of estrildid finch found in the Samoan Islands. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km2. It is found in subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
View Wikipedia Record: Erythrura cyaneovirens

Infraspecies

Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens
Erythrura cyaneovirens gaughrani

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.73999
EDGE Score: 1.55604
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Clutch Size [4]  4
Incubation [3]  13 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Samoan tropical moist forests Samoa, United States Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Langham, NPE (1987). Morphometrics and moult in Fijian passerines. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14, 463–475
♦ 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.
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
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