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Poospiza ornata (Cinnamon Warbling Finch)

Synonyms: Phrygilus ornatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The cinnamon warbling finch (Poospiza ornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Poospiza ornata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.78384
EDGE Score: 1.56524
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12 grams
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  90 %
Clutch Size [1]  3
Migration [3]  Intracontinental

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Dry Chaco Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Espinal Argentina Neotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
High Monte Argentina Neotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands  
Low Monte Argentina Neotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva Ecologica de Ñacuñan Ecological Reserve Ia   Argentina  

Important Bird Areas

Prey / Diet

Atamisquea emarginata (atamisquea)[1]
Sporobolus cryptandrus (sand dropseed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Eligmodontia moreni (Monte gerbil mouse)1
Microcavia australis (southern mountain cavy)1
Octomys mimax (viscacha rat)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
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