Ecological Archives E092-112-A5

Robin L. Chazdon,, Anne Chao, Robert K. Colwell, Shang-Yi Lin, Natalia Norden, Susan G. Letcher, David B. Clark, Bryan Finegan, and J. Pablo Arroyo. 2011. A novel statistical method for classifying habitat generalists and specialists. Ecology 92:1332–1343.

Appendix E (TABLE E1). Classifications of 78 bird species surveyed by Baker et al. (2002) in woodland and heath plots in southeastern Australia. Species from the study not present in either of these two habitat types were omitted. Species are organized by the original quantitative, but non-statistical classifications of Baker et al. (2002). Multinomial model classifications are shown using P = 0.05 and P = 0.005. Classifications that differ from the original are indicated in bold type.

Species and Original
Classification
(in Baker et al. 2002)
Scientific name Multinomial
classification
(K = 2/3, P = 0.05)
Multinomial
classification
(K = 2/3, P = 0.005)
Total
Woodland
abundance
Total
Heath
abundance
Woodland Specialist  
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata Generalist Generalist 59 10
White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis Generalist Generalist 16 4
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica Generalist Generalist 22 7
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 27 0
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 187 24
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 107 0
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 45 0
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis Woodland specialist Generalist 127 20
Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 357 19
Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 109 0
Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 37 0
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 249 25
Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 46 2
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 59 0
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 74 3
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus Woodland specialist Too rare 14 0
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 25 1
Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 58 0
Heath specialist  
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops Heath specialist Heath specialist 1 95
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena Heath specialist Heath specialist 0 41
Southern Emu-wren Malurus lamberti Heath specialist Heath specialist 4 402
Habitat generalist  
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera Generalist Generalist 49 40
Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella Generalist Generalist 15 10
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus Generalist Generalist 19 9
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti Generalist Generalist 64 30
Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops Generalist Generalist 153 47
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis Generalist Generalist 6 11
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis Generalist Generalist 84 18
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris nigra Heath specialist Heath specialist 19 74
Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus Heath specialist Heath specialist 20 44
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Heath specialist Heath specialist 153 260
Uncategorized species  
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Generalist Generalist 10 6
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Generalist Generalist 12 5
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides Generalist Generalist 11 5
Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus Heath specialist Heath specialist 0 20
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis Heath specialist Heath specialist 1 15
Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus Heath specialist Heath specialist 0 20
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus Heath specialist Heath specialist 0 9
Fairy Martin Hirundo ariel Heath specialist Too rare 0 5
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 19 0
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Woodland specialist Too rare 15 0
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 26 2
Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 25 0
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 24 0
Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus Woodland specialist Woodland specialist 25 0
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans Too rare Too rare 0 2
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Too rare Too rare 2 0
Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax Too rare Too rare 1 0
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Too rare Too rare 0 1
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides Too rare Too rare 0 1
Latham’s Snipe Gallinago hardwickii Too rare Too rare 0 1
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans Too rare Too rare 1 2
Galah Cacatua roseicapilla Too rare Too rare 1 0
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Too rare Too rare 11 0
Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla Too rare Too rare 4 0
Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis Too rare Too rare 5 0
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus Too rare Too rare 7 1
Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae Too rare Too rare 1 0
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides Too rare Too rare 1 0
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Too rare Too rare 1 0
Pilotbird Pycnoptilus floccosus Too rare Too rare 10 0
Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia Too rare Too rare 1 0
Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii Too rare Too rare 8 0
Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris Too rare Too rare 6 3
Scarlet Honeyeater Epthianura tircolor Too rare Too rare 3 0
Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea Too rare Too rare 1 1
Rose Robin Petroica rosea Too rare Too rare 2 0
Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea Too rare Too rare 1 0
Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis Too rare Too rare 6 0
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Too rare Too rare 3 0
Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca Too rare Too rare 3 0
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons Too rare Too rare 9 0
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Too rare Too rare 6 0
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Too rare Too rare 4 0
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus Too rare Too rare 3 0
Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor Too rare Too rare 1 0
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Too rare Too rare 5 0
Common Blackbird Turdus merula Too rare Too rare 2 0

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