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Tangara heinei (Black-capped Tanager)

Synonyms: Procnias heinei (homotypic); Stilpnia heinei (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-capped tanager (Tangara heinei) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
5
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.09528
EDGE Score: 1.12988
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [3]  14 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Isler, ML & Isler, PR 1999. The tanagers: natural history, distribution, and identification. Second edition, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC
♦ 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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