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Loxia megaplaga (Hispaniolan Crossbill)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a crossbill that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean and therefore only found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It was formerly regarded as conspecific with the two-barred crossbill (L. leucoptera), from which it is now assumed it evolved. The bird feeds almost exclusively on the seeds from Hispaniolan pine (Pinus occidentalis) cones.
View Wikipedia Record: Loxia megaplaga

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Loxia megaplaga

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
40
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.58316
EDGE Score: 3.35569
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  31 grams
Female Weight [1]  33 grams
Male Weight [1]  30 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Clutch Size [1]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Fledging [1]  21 days
Incubation [1]  13 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Armando Bermúdez National Park II 189283 Dominican Republic  
José del Carmen Ramírez National Park II 188789 Dominican Republic  
Sierra de Bahoruco National Park II 284441 Dominican Republic  
Valle Nuevo National Park II 223801 Dominican Republic  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Armando Bermudez National Park Dominican Republic A1, A2
Aux Becs-Croisés Haiti A1, A2
Aux Diablotins Haiti A1, A2
Sierra de Bahoruco Dominican Republic A1, A2, A4ii
Valle Nuevo Dominican Republic A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Prey / Diet

Pinus occidentalis (Hispaniolan pine)[3]

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
♦ 3A hierarchical analysis of nesting and foraging habitat for the conservation of the Hispaniolan White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera megaplaga), Steven C. Latta, Marriah L. Sondreal, Christopher R. Brown, Biological Conservation 96 (2000) 139-150
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