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Argusianus argus (Great Argus)

Synonyms: Phasianus argus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The great argus (Argusianus argus) is a species of pheasant.
View Wikipedia Record: Argusianus argus

Infraspecies

Argusianus argus argus (Malayan great argus)
Argusianus argus grayi (Bornean great argus)

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Argusianus argus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
40
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.0922
EDGE Score: 3.33877

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.418 lbs (2.004 kg)
Female Weight [3]  3.587 lbs (1.627 kg)
Male Weight [3]  5.205 lbs (2.361 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  45.1 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  60 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  80 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Incubation [4]  24 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  30 inches (75 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

Prey / Diet

Camponotus gigas (giant forest ant)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Rollulus rouloul (Roulroul)1

External References

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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
3Johnsgard, PA 1986. The Pheasants of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford
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.
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
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
Audio software provided by SoundManager 2
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