Ecology

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The EcoChart is a pie chart showing the relative likelihood of observing particular other species commonly observed near Bombycilla garrulus. Likelhood considers both the frequency with which Bombycilla garrulus is observed at all locations where it has been reported, and the number of observations of all other species at each of those locations. A species that is common where Bombycilla garrulus is common will have a higher score than if only one of these species is common at that location.
The Top Species lists enumerate those species most commonly observed near Bombycilla garrulus.
While the chart, lists, and wheel are empirically based on observations, observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.
In the section Characteristics of Habitat, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Bombycilla garrulus.

Species Most Often Observed near Bombycilla garrulus

EcoChart

Top Species

These species are those which most commonly occur in our observation database near Bombycilla garrulus. Observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.

Top Birds

Top Mammals

Top Amphibians

Top Fish

Top Arthropods

Top Plants

Top Other

Characteristics of Habitat

Range and Population:

This species has a large global range; the total size has not yet been quantified, but the Extent of Occurrence in the Americas alone is estimated to be 4,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 2,800,000 individuals (Rich et al. 2003). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.[1]
Countries:Native:
Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Lithuania; Mongolia; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan

Vagrant:
Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Israel; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Montenegro; Portugal; Serbia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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Ecology Notes:

List of Habitats:1.1Forest - Boreal

In sections below, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Bombycilla garrulus.

Zone:

alpine, circumboreal, montane, subalpine, subtropics, tropics.

Vegetation:

alpine meadows, boreal forest, coniferous forests, cultivated areas, deciduous woods and forests, desert, disturbed sites, evergreen forests, fields, forest edges, forests, gardens, grasslands, hardwood forests, mature forests, meadows, moist woods, montane forests, open forests, pasture, pine forests, rain forest, shrubby vegetation, steppes, subalpine meadows, thickets, tundra grassland.

Terrain:

arable land, flood plains, mountain slopes, roadsides, rock outcrops, streamsides, valleys.

Soil and Rock:

clay, limestone, loam, sandy areas, sandy soil, stony areas, thin soil.

Water in Area:

along rivers, bays, bogs, brackish water, ditches, dry areas, estuaries, fens, flood plains, lagoon, lakes, marshes, pelagic, ponds, river banks, rivers, saltwater, shores, stream banks, streams, swamps, wet woods.

Slopes in Area:

rocky slopes.