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Saltator similis (Green-winged Saltator)

Wikipedia Abstract

The green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is a species of saltator in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and ranges into the southern cerrado and the pantanal. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Infraspecies

Saltator similis ochraceiventris
Saltator similis similis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
9
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.77237
EDGE Score: 1.3277
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  43 grams
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No

Prey / Diet

Lacistema hasslerianum (Chodat)[3]
Myrcia dasyblasta (Surinam cherry)[4]
Myrsine ovalis var. ovalis (leathery colicwood)[5]
Plinia trunciflora[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Cavalcanti, R.B. & M.A. Marini. 1993. Body masses of birds of the cerrado region, Brasil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 113:209-212.
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Frugivory in Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat (Lacistemaceae), a gallery forest understory treelet in Central Brazil, Melo, C. and Oliveira, PE., Braz. J. Biol., 69(1): 201-207, 2009
♦ 4Frugivoria realizada por aves em Myrciaria trunciflora (Mart) O. Berg. (Myrtaceae), Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) e Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. no norte do estado do Rio Grande do Sul; Juliano Colussi, e Nêmora Pauletti Prestes; Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 19(1):48-55
♦ 5Shayana de Jesus e Emygdio Leite de Araujo Monteiro-Filho 2007. Frugivoria por aves em Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae) e Myrsine coriacea (Myrsinaceae) Rev. Bras. Ornitol. 15(4):585-591
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