Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pink-Legged Graveteiro
Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It inhabits the thin "cabruca" canopy
and subcanopy of moist lowland forest
up to 550 m
, which shades the extensive cocoa plantations. It is probably absent from coastal forests. Recorded food items include mainly Coleoptera and other insects. Breeding has been recorded between September and October.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Genus:
Acrobatornis
()
- Pacheco, Whitney,BM & Gonzaga 1996 WilsonBull. 108 p.400-405
- Specific name:
fonsecai
- Pacheco, Whitney,BM & Gonzaga 1996 WilsonBull. 108 p.405-408Nomenclature
- Scientific name: - Acrobatornis fonsecai Pacheco, Whitney,BM & Gonzaga 1996
- Specific name:
fonsecai
- Pacheco, Whitney,BM & Gonzaga 1996 WilsonBull. 108 p.405-408Nomenclature
- Genus:
Acrobatornis
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acrobatornis fonsecai Pacheco, Whitney, Bm & Gonzaga 1996
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acrobatornis
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
A. fonsecai (Pink-Legged Graveteiro)
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Further Reading
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- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Acrobatornis fonsecai. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3846286
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558404
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14155216
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558404
- IUCN ID: 40429
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 128738
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
