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Myrmoborus melanurus (Black-tailed Antbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-tailed antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Myrmoborus melanurus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Myrmoborus melanurus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.82855
EDGE Score: 3.14906
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  100 %
Forages - Understory [1]  50 %
Forages - Ground [1]  50 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Iquitos varzea Brazil, Peru, Bolivia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pacaya Samiria National Reserve 5139792 Peru  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Baixo Rio Javari Brazil A1, A2, A3
Morona Peru A1, A2, A3
Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria Peru A1, A2, A3, A4i

Range Map

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