Foudia rubra

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: It holds territories in all types of native forest , including degraded forest, and it shows an increasing reliance on non-native plantations that afford some protection from nest predators4,20; its use of exotic vegetation (pine and Cryptomeria) increased markedly during the recent increase in range between 1994 and 200320. Its diet is comprised primarily of insects, but also fruit and nectar1.

[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Foudia rubra (Gmelin, 1789) • Foudia rubra (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Foudia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. eminentissima (Red-Headed Fody) · F. flavicans (Rodriguez Fody) · F. madagascariensis (Madagascan Red Fody) · F. omissa (Red Forest Fody) · F. rubra (Mauritius Fody) · F. sechellarum (Seychelles Fody)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 69.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 282.
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 27.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 486.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 63.
• Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 105, p. 21, p. 98.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 2373.
• The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region, by G.E. Shelley. .. London, Published for the author by R.H. Porter (18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W.), 1896-1912. url p. 494.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 221, p. 220.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Foudia rubra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6792
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560114
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809040
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560114
• IUCN ID: 209962
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B09O
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 614

Footnotes

1. BirdLife International 2009. Foudia rubra. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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