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Tangara rufigula (Rufous-throated Tanager)

Synonyms: Ixothraupis rufigula (homotypic); Tanagrella rufigula (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rufous-throated tanager (Tangara rufigula) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
View Wikipedia Record: Tangara rufigula

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.72398
EDGE Score: 1.55265
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  19.1 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northwestern Andean montane forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Reserva de la Planada   Colombia      
Los Farallones De Cali Natural National Park 370658 Valle del Cauca, Colombia  
Reserva Natural Tambito   Colombia      

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Prey / Diet

Blakea brachyura[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Euphonia xanthogaster (Orange-bellied Euphonia)1
Tangara arthus (Golden Tanager)1
Tangara florida (Emerald Tanager)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1ARTHROPOD RESOURCE PARTITIONING AMONG OMNIVOROUS TANAGERS (TANGARA SPP.) IN WESTERN ECUADOR, Kazuya Naoki and P. C. Stouffer, The Auk 2007 124 (1), 197-209
♦ 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