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Periporphyrus erythromelas (Red-and-black Grosbeak)

Synonyms: Caryothraustes erythromelas (homotypic); Loxia erythromelas (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-and-black grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas) is a species of grosbeaks in the Cardinalidae family. It is the only species in the genus Periporphyrus.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Periporphyrus erythromelas

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
36
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.83473
EDGE Score: 3.0759

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  48 grams
Male Weight [1]  48 grams
Forages - Mid-High [2]  70 %
Forages - Understory [2]  30 %

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arquipélago do Marajó State Environmental Protection Area   Pará, Brazil      

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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
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