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Ploceus grandis (Giant Weaver)

Wikipedia Abstract

The giant weaver (Ploceus grandis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. It can climb trees and branches, rather like a treecreeper or sittella. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Ploceus grandis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
9
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.88926
EDGE Score: 1.35822
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  64 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [1]  2
Mating Display [1]  Ground display

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  
São Tomé montane and cloud-forests São Tomé Principe A1, A2  

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

Alchornea cordifolia[3]
Carica papaya (papaya)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anthreptes rectirostris (Yellow-chinned Sunbird)1
Epomophorus gambianus (Gambian epauletted fruit bat)1
Epomophorus pusillus (Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat)1
Gymnobucco calvus (Naked-faced Barbet)1
Hedydipna collaris (Collared sunbird)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 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