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Spilornis klossi (Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Great Nicobar serpent eagle (Spilornis klossi), also known as the South Nicobar serpent eagle, is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to forests on the Indian island of Great Nicobar. It is threatened by habitat loss. All major authorities now treat it as a species, but in the past it was sometimes considered a subspecies of S. minimus. Today minimus is either considered a subspecies of the crested serpent eagle or a monotypic species from the central Nicobar Islands; the Central Nicobar serpent eagle.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.15924
EDGE Score: 3.01153
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.085 lbs (492 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.246 lbs (565 g)
Male Weight [1]  420 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  34.5 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  60 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  25 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  25 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [1]  1
Fledging [1]  60 days
Incubation [1]  35 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [3]  23
Snout to Vent Length [1]  24 inches (62 cm)
Wing Span [4]  35 inches (.9 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Campbell National Park II 106008 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  
Galathea National Park II 27182 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  

Prey / Diet

Chalcophaps indica (Common Emerald Dove)[4]

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
♦ 3Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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