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Macroagelaius subalaris (Colombian Mountain Grackle)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Colombian mountain grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris), is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.
View Wikipedia Record: Macroagelaius subalaris

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Macroagelaius subalaris

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
46
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.20543
EDGE Score: 3.72914
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Attributes

Forages - Canopy [1]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  30 %
Forages - Understory [1]  10 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza Colombia A1, A2, A3
Reserva Biológica Cachalú Colombia A1, A2
Serranía de los Yariguíes Colombia A1, A2
Soatá Colombia A1, A2
Vereda Las Minas Colombia A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Prey / Diet

Hedyosmum bonplandianum[2]
Oreopanax floribundum[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Odontophorus hyperythrus (Chestnut Wood Quail)1
Penelope perspicax (Cauca Guan)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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