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Schizoeaca helleri (Puna Thistletail)

Synonyms: Asthenes helleri (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The puna thistletail (Asthenes helleri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Peru and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
27
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.0176
EDGE Score: 2.49076
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  14 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Andean wet puna Peru, Bolivia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area 1195355 La Paz, Bolivia      
Madidi National Park II 3194501 Bolivia  
Reserva Nacional de Fauna Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve 559837 Bolivia  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Abra Málaga-Vilcanota Peru A1, A2, A3
Santuario Histórico Machu Picchu Peru A1, A2, A3
Valcón Peru A1, A2, A3
Yungas Superiores de Apolobamba Bolivia A1, A2, A3, A4i
Yungas Superiores de Madidi Bolivia A1, A2, A3

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
♦ 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
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