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Melierax poliopterus (Eastern Chanting Goshawk)

Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern (pale) chanting goshawk or Somali chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) is a bird of prey of East Africa.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.9577
EDGE Score: 2.48137
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.402 lbs (636 g)
Female Weight [3]  1.62 lbs (735 g)
Male Weight [5]  1.208 lbs (548 g)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  34.9 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  80 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  80 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  53 days
Incubation [3]  37 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [6]  54
Snout to Vent Length [1]  21 inches (54 cm)
Wing Span [3]  3.378 feet (1.03 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kiunga Marine National Reserve VI 60208 Kenya  
Lake Nakuru National Park II 46472 Kenya  
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve 5696026 Tanzania  
Tsavo National Park II 3232255 Kenya

Important Bird Areas

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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 5Ferguson-Lees, J. and DA Christie. 2001. Raptors of the world Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston
♦ 6Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
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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