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Rallus madagascariensis (Madagascar Rail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Madagascan rail (Rallus madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
View Wikipedia Record: Rallus madagascariensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rallus madagascariensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.42448
EDGE Score: 3.51744
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  118 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  40 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar lowland forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parc National de Marojejy National Park II 148550 Madagascar

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Lake Alaotra Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i
Mantadia National Park and Analamazaotra Special Reserve Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Marojejy National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Ranomafana National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Torotorofotsy Wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

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
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