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Ploceus flavipes (Yellow-legged Weaver)

Synonyms: Malimbus flavipes; Malimbus flavipes flavipes

Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow-legged weaver (Ploceus flavipes) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ploceus flavipes

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Ploceus flavipes

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.90394
EDGE Score: 2.74828

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  30 %
Forages - Understory [1]  30 %
Forages - Ground [1]  40 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Virunga National Park II 1919742 Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo  

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
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