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Plegadis chihi (White-faced Ibis)

Synonyms: Numenius chihi (homotypic); Plegadis chichi
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western United States south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to central Argentina, and along the coast of central Chile. Its winter range extends from southern California and Louisiana south to include the rest of its breeding range.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
36
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.4129
EDGE Score: 3.06399
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Attributes

Clutch Size [7]  3
Clutches / Year [4]  1
Global Population (2017 est.) [3]  4,400,000
Incubation [4]  21 days
Maximum Longevity [4]  20 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  24 inches (61 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Adult Weight [2]  1.362 lbs (618 g)
Birth Weight [4]  29 grams
Female Weight [6]  1.204 lbs (546 g)
Male Weight [6]  1.537 lbs (697 g)
Weight Dimorphism [6]  27.7 %
Breeding Habitat [3]  Freshwater marshes
Wintering Geography [3]  Southern U.S./Mexico
Wintering Habitat [3]  Wetlands, Coastal saltmarshes, Agricultural
Diet [5]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [5]  10 %
Diet - Fish [5]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [5]  80 %
Forages - Ground [5]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [5]  80 %
Female Maturity [4]  2 years
Male Maturity [4]  2 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge USA A4i
Reserva de Uso Múltiple Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna Mar Chiquita Argentina A1, A2, A4i, A4iii
Várzea do Canal São Gonçalo Brazil A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Predators

Circus buffoni (Long-winged Harrier)[8]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 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.
♦ 4de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 5Hamish 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
♦ 6Dunning, JB, Jr. 1984. Body weights of 686 species of North American birds. Western Bird Banding Association Monograph Number 1. Eldon, Cave Creek, Arizona, USA
♦ 7Jetz 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
♦ 8DIET OF BREEDING CINEREOUS HARRIERS (CIRCUS CINEREUS) IN SOUTHEASTERN BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE, ARGENTINA, María S. Bó, Sandra M. Cicchino, Mariano M. Martínez, J. Raptor Res. 34(3):237-241
♦ 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
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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