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Megapodius freycinet (Dusky Megapode)

Infraspecies

Megapodius freycinet buruensis
Megapodius freycinet forsteni
Megapodius freycinet freycinet (Incubator bird)
Megapodius freycinet oustaleti
Megapodius freycinet quoyii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
22
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.14505
EDGE Score: 2.21321
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.429 lbs (648 g)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [1]  13
Egg Length [1]  3.543 inches (90 mm)
Egg Width [1]  2.165 inches (55 mm)
Incubation [1]  42 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Bermuda subtropical conifer forests United Kingdom Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests  
Halmahera rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Komodo National Park II 514967 Indonesia  
Lore Lindu National Park II 577959 Sulawesi, Indonesia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Predators

Accipiter henicogrammus (Moluccan Goshawk)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Kotlanolepis yorkei <Unverified Name>[4]
Megacirrus horvathi <Unverified Name>[4]
Megacirrus leptophallus <Unverified Name>[4]

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.
♦ 4Gibson, 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
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