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Anastomus lamelligerus (African Openbill)

Wikipedia Abstract

The African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) is a species of stork in the Ciconiidae family.
View Wikipedia Record: Anastomus lamelligerus

Infraspecies

Anastomus lamelligerus lamelligerus
Anastomus lamelligerus madagascariensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
34
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 18.6534
EDGE Score: 2.97825
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.48 lbs (1.125 kg)
Female Weight [1]  2.205 lbs (1.00 kg)
Male Weight [1]  2.756 lbs (1.25 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  25 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  3
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  53 days
Incubation [1]  28 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  31 inches (80 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Lanistes ovum[4]

Range Map

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
♦ 3Jetz 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
♦ 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.
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