Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Thraupidae > Melanodera > Melanodera melanoderaMelanodera melanodera (White-bridled Finch)Synonyms: Emberiza melanodera (homotypic) The white-bridled finch (Melanodera melanodera), also known as the canary-winged finch or black-throated finch, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Melanodera together with the yellow-bridled finch (M. xanthogramma). Formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, it is now considered a tanager. It is found in grassland in southernmost South America. There are two subspecies: M. m. melanodera in the Falkland Islands and M. m. princetoniana in southern Argentina and Chile. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.00952 EDGE Score: 1.79334 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 29 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Plants [2] | 50 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 80 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
Use |
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Magellanic subpolar forests |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Patagonian steppe |
Chile, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Beauchêne Island |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4ii, A4iii |
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Bertha's Beach, East Falkland |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4iii |
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Bleaker Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Bull Point, East Falkland |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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El Zurdo |
Argentina |
A1, A2 |
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Estancia El Cóndor |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estuario del Río Gallegos |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Hope Harbour, West Falkland |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Jason Islands Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4ii, A4iii |
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Keppel Island |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2 |
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Lively Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2 |
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New Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Parque Nacional Los Glaciares y adyacencias (Estancias El Sosiego, La Soledad y Anita) |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Parque Nacional Perito Moreno y Reserva Provincial San Lorenzo |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Pebble Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4iii |
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Reserva Costa Atlántica de Tierra del Fuego y zonas adyacentes |
Argentina |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Saunders Island |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Sea Lion Islands Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2 |
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Seal Bay, East Falkland |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4iii |
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Speedwell Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Volunteer Point, East Falkland |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2 |
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West Point Island Group |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
A1, A2, A4ii, A4iii |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Humphrey, PS, D. Bridge, PW Reynolds, and RT Peterson. 1970. Birds of Isla Grande (Tierra del Fuego). Preliminary Smithsonian Manual. Smithsonian Institution, 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 ♦ 3del 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 |
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
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