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Upucerthia albigula (White-throated Earthcreeper)

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia albigula) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Chile and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.43232
EDGE Score: 1.48892
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  40 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Andean wet puna Peru, Bolivia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park II 7668 Rajasthan, India  
Reserva de Huascarán National Park II 844711 Ancash, Peru  
Reserva Nacional Lauca National Park II 349990 Chile  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cotahuasi 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
♦ 1Schulenberg, TS 1987. Observations on two rare birds, Upucerthia albigula and Conirostrum tamarugense, from the Andes of southwestern Peru Condor 89:654-658
♦ 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
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