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Cinnyris congensis (Congo Sunbird)

Synonyms: Nectarinia congensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Congo sunbird (Cinnyris congensis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.87188
EDGE Score: 1.92744
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  50 %
Diet - Nectar [1]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  50 %
Forages - Understory [1]  50 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Congolian swamp forests Democratic Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Lake Te'le' Community Reserve Congo  
Léfini Faunal Reserve Congo A1, A3
Ngiri Congo, The Democratic Republic of the A1, A3, A4i, A4ii
Ogooué Leketi National Park Congo  

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