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Ploceus subpersonatus (Loango Weaver)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Loango weaver (Ploceus subpersonatus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 2,500 and 10,000 of the bird in existence, so it is listed as a vulnerable species.
View Wikipedia Record: Ploceus subpersonatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Ploceus subpersonatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.92263
EDGE Score: 2.75306
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  70 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central African mangroves Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial, Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Mangroves    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Conkouati-Douli National Park II 1247759 Congo  
Loango National Park II 373129 OgoouĂ©-Maritime, Gabon  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Akanda Gabon A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Gamba Protected Areas Complex Gabon A1, A2, A3, A4i
Lower Kouilou basin Congo A1, A2, A3
Maiombe Angola A1, A2, A3
OgoouĂ© delta and Mandji island Gabon A1, A2, A3, A4i  

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