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Zentrygon carrikeri (Tuxtla Quail-Dove)

Synonyms: Geotrygon carrikeri

Wikipedia Abstract

The Tuxtla quail-dove (Zentrygon carrikeri) or Veracruz quail-dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.It is endemic to pristine montane rainforest in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas of Mexico's Veracruz state. It was once considered a subspecies of the purplish-backed quail-dove of Central America. Its natural habitats are lowland and montane tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Zentrygon carrikeri

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Zentrygon carrikeri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.21056
EDGE Score: 4.40286
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  269 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sierra de los Tuxtlas Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve 383315 Veracruz, Mexico    

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Los Tuxtlas Mexico      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

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
♦ 3Jetz 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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