World Species : Crithagra reichardi (Reichard's Seedeater)

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Crithagra reichardi (Reichard's Seedeater)

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Synonyms: Serinus reichardi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Reichard's seedeater (Crithagra reichardi) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitat is dry savanna.It is named after the German explorer Paul Reichard.

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Infraspecies

Crithagra reichardi reichardi
Crithagra reichardi striatipectus (Stripe-breasted Seedeater)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 3.60894

EDGE Score: 1.528

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	16 grams

Diet ^[2]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates ^[2]	20 %
Diet - Seeds ^[2]	80 %

Clutch Size ^[3]	3
Mating Display ^[3]	Non-acrobatic aerial display

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands	Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
East African montane forests	Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Eastern Miombo woodlands	Tanzania, Mozambique	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Ethiopian montane forests	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands	Ethiopia, Eritrea	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic	Malawi, Tanzania	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic	Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Eastern Afromontane	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe	No

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
♦ 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
♦ ³Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605

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