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Upucerthia jelskii (Plain-breasted Earthcreeper)

Synonyms: Coprotretis jelskii (homotypic); Upucerthia validirostris jelskii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The plain-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris jelskii) is a bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.It has been lumped together with the buff-breasted earthcreeper based on song, continuous song, duet, and call.
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Infraspecies

Upucerthia jelskii jelskii
Upucerthia jelskii pallida
Upucerthia jelskii saturata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
9
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.87777
EDGE Score: 1.35526
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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 dry puna Argentina, Bolivia, Chile Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Andean puna Argentina, Bolivia, Peru Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Andean wet puna Peru, Bolivia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

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

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Citations

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♦ 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
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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