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Zimmerius chrysops (Golden-faced Tyrannulet)

Wikipedia Abstract

The golden-faced tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) is a species of bird belonging to the family Tyrannidae.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. Until recently, it included the Choco tyrannulet as a subspecies.
View Wikipedia Record: Zimmerius chrysops

Infraspecies

Zimmerius chrysops albigularis (Choco Tyrannulet) (Attributes)
Zimmerius chrysops chrysops
Zimmerius chrysops cumanensis
Zimmerius chrysops flavidifrons
Zimmerius chrysops minimus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
14
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.22688
EDGE Score: 1.65381
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10.4 grams
Birth Weight [2]  1.6 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  70 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  2
Incubation [2]  17 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Prey / Diet

Antidaphne viscoidea[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (Fuertes's Parrot)1
Zimmerius vilissimus (Paltry Tyrannulet)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1MILLER, AH 1963. Seasonal activity and ecology of the avifauna of an American equatorial cloud forest. Univ. California Publ. Zool., 66: 1-78
♦ 2William Goulding and Thomas E. Martin (2010) Breeding Biology of the Golden-Faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) in Venezuela The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:4, 689-698
♦ 3Hamish 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