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Nycticorax caledonicus (Rufous Night Heron; Rufous Night-Heron)

Synonyms: Ardea caledonica

Wikipedia Abstract

The nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) also commonly referred to as the rufous night heron, and in Melanesia as Melabaob, is a medium-sized heron. It is found in Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, and throughout much of Australia except the arid inland. A small colony has also established near Wanganui, New Zealand
View Wikipedia Record: Nycticorax caledonicus

Infraspecies

Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Nycticorax caledonicus caledonicus
Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris
Nycticorax caledonicus hilli
Nycticorax caledonicus mandibularis
Nycticorax caledonicus manillensis
Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.202
EDGE Score: 3.0541
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.742 lbs (790 g)
Birth Weight [2]  38 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.598 lbs (725 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.887 lbs (856 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  18.1 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  10 %
Diet - Fish [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  10 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  90 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Snout to Vent Length [1]  23 inches (59 cm)
Wing Span [5]  3.444 feet (1.05 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Manila Bay Philippines A1, A4i, A4iii
Pagbilao and Tayabas Bay Philippines A1, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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