Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Thraupidae > Hemispingus > Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris

Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris (Rufous-browed Hemispingus)

Synonyms: Orospingus rufosuperciliaris; Poospiza rufosuperciliaris (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rufous-browed hemispingus (Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.54138
EDGE Score: 3.26444
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  29 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Peruvian Yungas Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cordillera de Colán Peru A1, A2, A3
Laguna de los Cóndores Peru A1, A2, A3
Río Abiseo y Tayabamba Peru A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Isler, ML & Isler, PR 1999. The tanagers: natural history, distribution, and identification. Second edition, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
♦ 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
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