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Ploceus spekeoides (Fox's Weaver)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Fox's weaver (Ploceus spekeoides) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is endemic to Uganda. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Ploceus spekeoides

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.95476
EDGE Score: 2.06807
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  90 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  60 %
Forages - Understory [1]  20 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
East Sudanian savanna Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Lake Bisina Uganda A1, A2, A3
Lake Opeta Uganda A1, A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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