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Chlorophoneus kupeensis (Mount Kupe Bush-shrike)

Synonyms: Malaconotus kupeensis kupeensis; Telophorus kupeensis; Telophorus kupeensis kupeensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mount Kupe bushshrike (Telophorus kupeensis) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is endemic to Cameroon, where it is found in the Bakossi Forest Reserve and in particular on Mount Kupe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Chlorophoneus kupeensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chlorophoneus kupeensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.09422
EDGE Score: 4.3914
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  80 %
Forages - Understory [1]  20 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cameroonian Highlands forests Cameroon, Nigeria Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bakossi National Park II 72451 South-West, Cameroon  
Banyang-Mbo Sanctuary 163090 South-West, Cameroon  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Bakossi mountains Cameroon A1, A2, A3
Banyang Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary Cameroon A1, A2, A3
Mount Kupe Cameroon A1, A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
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