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Nesopsar nigerrimus (Jamaican Blackbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Jamaican blackbird is a small icterid with all black plumage. It has a short tail that is often flayed (see below). It is strictly arboreal and has a wheezing call. Pairs occupy large territories in a variety of wet montane forest types, including elfin and mist forests, that have substantial epiphytes and mosses on the trees. The Jamaican Blackbird's are confined to areas of above 575m and are rarely seen in lowland areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Nesopsar nigerrimus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nesopsar nigerrimus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.23422
EDGE Score: 4.18774
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  39 grams
Clutch Size [1]  2
Incubation [1]  14 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Jamaican dry forests Jamaica Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Jamaican moist forests Jamaica Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park II 302400 Portland, Jamaica  
Cockpit Country Forest Reserve 54796 Jamaica    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Blue Mountains Jamaica A1, A2  
Cockpit Country Jamaica A1, A2  
John Crow Mountains Jamaica A1, A2, A4ii  
Litchfield Mountain: Matheson's Run Jamaica A1, A2  
Mount Diablo Jamaica A1, A2  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. Yes

Prey / Diet

Alchornea latifolia (achiotillo)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Loxigilla portoricensis (Puerto Rican Bullfinch)1
Vireo altiloquus (Black-whiskered Vireo)1

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Blakea trinervia[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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