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Melanospiza richardsoni (St. Lucia Black Finch)

Synonyms: Loxigilla richardsoni

Wikipedia Abstract

The Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melanospiza. It is endemic to Saint Lucia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Melanospiza richardsoni

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Melanospiza richardsoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.74207
EDGE Score: 3.82726
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Forages - Understory [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Clutch Size [1]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Caribbean shrublands France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands      
Lesser Antillean dry forests Grenada, St. Lucia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Windward Islands moist forests Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central "A" Forest Reserve 4030 Saint Lucia    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Government Forest Reserve St Lucia A1, A2  
Mandele Dry Forest St Lucia A1, A2, B4i  
North-east coast St Lucia A1, A2, B4i, B4ii  
Pitons Management Area St Lucia A1, A2, B4i  
Point Sables St Lucia A1, A4i, A4iii, B4i, B4ii  

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

Range Map

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
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