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Pachycephala caledonica (New Caledonian Whistler)

Synonyms: Muscicapa caledonica

Wikipedia Abstract

The New Caledonian whistler (Pachycephala caledonica) is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is endemic to New Caledonia. It was split from the Melanesian whistler by the IOC in 2016.
View Wikipedia Record: Pachycephala caledonica

Infraspecies

Pachycephala caledonica caledonica
Pachycephala caledonica chlorura
Pachycephala caledonica cucullata
Pachycephala caledonica intacta
Pachycephala caledonica littayei
Pachycephala caledonica vanikorensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.0813
EDGE Score: 2.49166
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  21 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  80 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
New Caledonia dry forests France Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
New Caledonia rain forests France Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Prince Regent River Nature Reserve Ia 1428602 Western Australia, Australia  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Caledonia New Caledonia Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ross, C.A. (1988). Weights of some New Caledonian birds. Bulletin of the British. Ornithologists' Club 108: 91-93
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 3del 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
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