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Crithagra concolor (Sao Tome Grosbeak)

Synonyms: Neospiza concolor

Wikipedia Abstract

The São Tomé grosbeak (Crithagra concolor) is a large, chunky finch with a massive bill. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé. For a long period this bird was known only from three nineteenth-century specimens. It was rediscovered in 1991. The current population is estimated at less than 50. The main threat is habitat destruction. The São Tomé grosbeak was formerly placed in the genus Neospiza but was assigned to the genus Crithagra based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.
View Wikipedia Record: Crithagra concolor

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Crithagra concolor

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
59
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.91011
EDGE Score: 4.54925
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  50 %
Forages - Ground [1]  50 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sao Tome, Principe and Annobon moist lowland forests São Tomé and Príncipe Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
São Tomé lowland forests São Tomé Principe A1, A2  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Sao Tome Lowlands Sao Tome & Principe  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Guinean Forests of West Africa Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo Yes

Prey / Diet

Dicranolepis thomensis[2]
Oxyanthus speciosus[2]
Trema orientale (oriental trema)[2]
Uapaca guineensis[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Hedydipna collaris (Collared sunbird)1
Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant)1
Turtur tympanistria (Tambourine Dove)1

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
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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