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Mitrospingus cassinii (Dusky-faced Tanager)

Synonyms: Tachyphonus cassinii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The dusky-faced tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii) is a species of bird formerly in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Infraspecies

Mitrospingus cassinii cassinii
Mitrospingus cassinii costaricensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.68372
EDGE Score: 2.27045
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  40 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  40 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  20 %
Forages - Understory [3]  70 %
Clutch Size [4]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chocó-Darién moist forests Colombia, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
Magdalena-Urabá moist forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Ecuador moist forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cordillera Volcanica Central Forest Reserve VI 150571 Costa Rica  
La Selva Biological Station Protective Zone VI 6052 Costa Rica
Reserva Natural Tambito   Colombia      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Prey / Diet

Carludovica palmata (Panama hat plant)[5]
Miconia centrodesma[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Micrastur mirandollei (Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon)[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Karr, JR, MF Willson, and DJ Moriarty. 1978. Weights of some Central American birds. Brenesia 14–15:249–257
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Habitat-Dependent Fruiting Behaviour of an Understorey Tree, Miconia centrodesma, and Tropical Treefall Gaps as Keystone Habitats for Frugivores in Costa Rica, Douglas J. Levey, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 6, No. 4. (Nov., 1990), pp. 409-420
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