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Schizoeaca vilcabambae (Vilcabamba Thistletail)

Synonyms: Asthenes vilcabambae (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Vilcabamba thistletail (Asthenes vilcabambae) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Vilcabamba Mountains of Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Schizoeaca vilcabambae

Infraspecies

Schizoeaca vilcabambae ayacuchensis (Ayacucho Thistletail)
Schizoeaca vilcabambae vilcabambae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
5
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.05019
EDGE Score: 1.1152
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ashaninka Communal Reserve 455830 Peru  
Machiguenga Communal Reserve 540926 Peru      
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cordillera Vilcabamba Peru A1, A2, A3
Río Mantaro-Cordillera Central Peru 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
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