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Lonchura caniceps (Grey-headed Munia)

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey-headed mannikin or grey-headed munia (Lonchura caniceps) is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km². It is found in moist savanna, shrubland & wetlands. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
View Wikipedia Record: Lonchura caniceps

Infraspecies

Lonchura caniceps caniceps
Lonchura caniceps kumusii
Lonchura caniceps scratchleyana

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
10
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.12642
EDGE Score: 1.41741
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.5 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [1]  5
Mating System [3]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southeastern Papuan rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
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