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Jabiru mycteria (Jabiru)

Synonyms: Ciconia mycteria; Jabiru weillsi
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The jabiru (/ˌdʒæbᵻˈruː/ or /ˈdʒæbᵻruː/; Latin: Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck".
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 23.1499
EDGE Score: 3.18428
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Attributes

Clutch Size [5]  3
Fledging [2]  3 months 10 days
Incubation [2]  61 days
Maximum Longevity [6]  36 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.625 feet (141 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Wing Span [6]  8.036 feet (2.45 m)
Adult Weight [2]  13.47 lbs (6.11 kg)
Female Weight [2]  11.625 lbs (5.273 kg)
Male Weight [7]  15.194 lbs (6.892 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [2]  31.7 %
Breeding Habitat [3]  Freshwater marshes
Wintering Geography [3]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [3]  Freshwater marshes
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Fish [4]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  10 %
Forages - Ground [4]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  80 %

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Caiman crocodilus (Common caiman, Spectacled caiman)[6]
Hoplias malabaricus (Trahira)[6]
Hoplosternum littorale (Hassar)[6]
Poppiana dentata[6]
Synbranchus marmoratus (Marbled eel)[8]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Tylodelphys elongata <Unverified Name>[9]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan 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
♦ 3Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 4Hamish 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
♦ 5Jetz 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
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 7Hancock, JA, JA Kushlan, and MP Kahl. 1992. Storks, ibises, and spoonbills of the world. Academic Press, New York
♦ 8STATUS, DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, AND FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE JABIRU STORK (Jabiru mycteria) IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA, ALEJANDRO JOSE PAREDES BORJAS, Masters Thesis, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, 2004
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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