Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Meliphagidae > Ptiloprora > Ptiloprora guisei

Ptiloprora guisei (Rufous-backed Honeyeater)

Synonyms: Ptiloprora guisei guisei; Ptiloprora guisei umbrosa; Ptilotis guisei

Wikipedia Abstract

The rufous-backed honeyeater (Ptiloprora guisei) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Ptiloprora guisei

Infraspecies

Ptiloprora guisei acrophila

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.77522
EDGE Score: 2.37725
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  26 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.7 grams
Female Weight [1]  24 grams
Male Weight [1]  28 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  16.7 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  60 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  50 %
Forages - Understory [3]  50 %
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Range montane rain forests Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central Range sub-alpine grasslands Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Huon Peninsula montane rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northern New Guinea montane rain forests Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southeastern Papuan rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Prey / Diet

Xanthomyrtus papuana[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Caligavis subfrenata (Black-throated Honeyeater)1

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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