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Ptilinopus insularis (Scarlet-capped Fruit Dove)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Henderson fruit dove (Ptilinopus insularis), also known as scarlet-capped fruit dove, is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to Henderson Island in the South Pacific Pitcairn Island group. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland scrub forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Ptilinopus insularis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Ptilinopus insularis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.81856
EDGE Score: 3.30594
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  102 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Tuamotu tropical moist forests France, United Kingdom Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Henderson Island World Heritage Site 9143 Pitcairn, United Kingdom      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Henderson Island Pitcairn Islands (to UK) A1, A2, A4i, A4ii    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Microsorum scolopendria (monarch fern)[3]
Procris pedunculata[3]

Range Map

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
♦ 3BROOKE, M. d. L. and JONES, P. J. (1995), "The diet of the Henderson fruit dove Ptilinopus insularis. I. Field observations of fruit choice". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56: 149–165.
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