Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Cardinalidae > Saltator > Saltator nigriceps

Saltator nigriceps (Black-cowled Saltator)

Synonyms: Pitylus nigriceps

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-cowled saltator (Saltator nigriceps) is a species of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in the southern border region of Ecuador and the northern border region of Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Saltator nigriceps

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.43064
EDGE Score: 2.00561
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  42 grams
Female Weight [1]  46 grams
Male Weight [1]  39 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  17.9 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Cordillera real montane forests Ecuador, Colombia, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northwestern Andean montane forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Las Palmas Cloud Forest Reserve   Ecuador      
Podocarpus National Park II 364096 Ecuador  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Aypate Peru A2
Bosque de Cuyas Peru A1, A2
Bosque Protector Jatumpamba-Jorupe Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Catacocha Ecuador A1, A2
Chiñama Peru A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

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
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