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Rallus antarcticus (Austral Rail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The austral rail (Rallus antarcticus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.It is found in Argentina and Chile.Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Rallus antarcticus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rallus antarcticus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.38214
EDGE Score: 3.5124
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  79 grams
Female Weight [1]  69 grams
Male Weight [1]  89 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  29 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [3]  8
Incubation [1]  19 days

Ecoregions

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
El Zurdo Argentina A1, A2
La Angostura y Alto Río Chico Argentina A1, A2, A3
Laguna Nimez y costa aledaña del Lago Argentino Argentina A1
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares y adyacencias (Estancias El Sosiego, La Soledad y Anita) Argentina A1, A2, A3, A4i
Sistema Península de Valdés Argentina A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

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
♦ 3Jetz 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
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