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Finschia novaeseelandiae (Brown creeper; Pipipi)

Synonyms: Mohoua novaeseelandiae; Parus novaeseelandiae

Wikipedia Abstract

The pipipi (Mohoua novaeseelandiae), also known as brown creeper or New Zealand creeper, is a small passerine bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. They are specialist insectivores, gleaning insects from branches and leaves. They have strong legs and toes for hanging upside down while feeding.
View Wikipedia Record: Finschia novaeseelandiae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.8695
EDGE Score: 2.7644
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  80 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  30 %
Clutch Size [2]  3
Incubation [4]  19 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground and non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fiordland National Park II 3106115 New Zealand  
Te Wahipounamu—South West New Zealand World Heritage Site 6424740 New Zealand  

Prey / Diet

Coprosma cuneata[5]
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (kahika)[5]
Pseudopanax crassifolius (lancewood)[5]
Raukaua simplex[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acanthisitta chloris (Rifleman)1
Gerygone igata (Grey Gerygone)2
Nestor meridionalis (New Zealand Kaka)1
Petroica macrocephala (Tomtit)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5O'Donnell, Colin F J and Dilks, Peter J, Foods and Foraging of Forest Birds in Temperate Rainforest, South. Westland, New Zealand, NZ J Ecology 18(2) (1994) pp. 87-107
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