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Rallus semiplumbeus (Bogota Rail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bogotá rail (Rallus semiplumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Rallus semiplumbeus

Infraspecies

Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus
Rallus semiplumbeus semiplumbeus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rallus semiplumbeus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.45736
EDGE Score: 4.21448
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  80 grams
Female Weight [1]  72 grams
Male Weight [1]  89 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  23.6 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  60 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [1]  9
Incubation [1]  19 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northern Andean páramo Ecuador, Colombia Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Range Map

External References

Audio

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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
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