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Eudromia formosa (Quebracho Crested Tinamou)

Wikipedia Abstract

The quebracho crested tinamou (Eudromia formosa) is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitats in Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America.
View Wikipedia Record: Eudromia formosa

Infraspecies

Eudromia formosa formosa
Eudromia formosa mira

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
17
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 34.3837
EDGE Score: 3.56625
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.411 lbs (640 g)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Dry Chaco Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Humid Chaco Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Andean Yungas Bolivia, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Defensores del Chaco National Park II 1792493 Paraguay  
Tinfunqué National Park 607935 Paraguay  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Cynophalla flexuosa (falseteeth)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Iguana iguana (Common Green Iguana)1
Pithecia pithecia (Guianan saki)1

Predators

Leopardus geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Cat)[2]

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Body mass and habitat correlates of song structure in a primitive group of birds, SARA BERTELLI and PABLO L. TUBARO, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 77, 423–430
♦ 2Smith, P. (2014). Natural history observations on the poorly-studied Quebracho Crested Tinamou Eudromia formosa (Aves: Tinamiformes: Tinamidae). Historia Natural, Tercera Serie, 4, 39-44.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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