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Zosterops natalis (Christmas White-eye)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Christmas white-eye (Zosterops natalis) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to Christmas Island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Zosterops natalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 1.30813
EDGE Score: 1.52958
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  20 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Incubation [3]  15 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests Australia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Christmas Island Christmas Island (to Australia) A1, A4ii, A4iii  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Prey / Diet

Annona muricata (soursop)[3]
Annona squamosa (sugar apple)[3]
Callicarpa longifolia[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat)1
Pycnonotus brunneus (Asian Red-eyed Bulbul)1

Predators

Ninox natalis (Christmas Boobook)[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 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.
♦ 4"Diet and Roost Site Characteristics of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis", F.A. Richard Hill and Alan Lill, Emu 98(3) 227 - 233 (1998)
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