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Ploceus nicolli (Usambara Weaver)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Usambara weaver (Ploceus nicolli) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Infraspecies

Ploceus nicolli anderseni
Ploceus nicolli nicolli

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
41
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.92025
EDGE Score: 3.4456
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  28 grams
Female Weight [1]  24 grams
Male Weight [1]  32 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  33.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Clutch Size [1]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
East Usambara Biosphere Reserve 222395 Tanzania  
Uluguru Forest Reserves   Tanzania      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
East Usambara Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
Rubeho Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
Uluguru Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
West Usambara Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe Yes

Range Map

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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
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