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Grantiella picta (Painted Honeyeater)

Synonyms: Conopophila picta; Entomophila picta

Wikipedia Abstract

The painted honeyeater (Grantiella picta) is a species of honeyeater in a monotypic genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Grantiella picta

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.6816
EDGE Score: 4.36598
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.2 grams
Female Weight [1]  18 grams
Male Weight [1]  23 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  27.8 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  40 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Understory [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Mating Display [2]  Non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Currawinya Lakes National Park II 372252 Queensland, Australia
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia

Prey / Diet

Amyema maidenii[5]
Amyema quandang (Grey Mistletoe)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acanthagenys rufogularis (Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater)1
Polytelis swainsonii (Superb Parrot)1
Ptilotula penicillata (White-plumed Honeyeater)1

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 5"Habitat and resource selection of the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta) on the northern floodplains region of New South Wales", Damon L. Oliver, Matthew A. Chambers and David G. Parker, Emu 103(2) 171 - 176 (2003)
♦ 6"Nest-site selection by the Painted Honeyeater (Grantiella picta), a mistletoe specialist", Laurence P. Barea, Emu 108(3) 213–220 (2008)
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