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Poecilotriccus ruficeps (Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and has been known as the rufous-crowned tody-tyrant.It is found in thickets and second growth in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru.
View Wikipedia Record: Poecilotriccus ruficeps

Infraspecies

Poecilotriccus ruficeps melanomystax
Poecilotriccus ruficeps peruvianus
Poecilotriccus ruficeps ruficeps
Poecilotriccus ruficeps rufigenis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.61561
EDGE Score: 1.72555
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11.1 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Reserva de la Planada   Colombia      
Parque Nacional Guaramacal National Park II 62675 Venezuela  

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Salaman, P (2001) The Study of and Understorey of avifauna Community in an Andean Premontane Pluvial Forest. Thesis submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy. Wolfson College, University of Oxford
♦ 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
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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