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Aramides wolfi (Brown Wood Rail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown wood rail (Aramides wolfi) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. The binomial of this bird commemorates the German naturalist Theodor Wolf.
View Wikipedia Record: Aramides wolfi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Aramides wolfi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
44
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.1145
EDGE Score: 3.59616
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.001 lbs (454 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.001 lbs (454 g)
Clutch Size [2]  4
Incubation [2]  19 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cuenca Quebrada Mutatá National Protective Forests Reserves 3707 Chocó, Colombia  
Utría Natural National Park 134178 Chocó, Colombia  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru 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
♦ 2Cabrera, Domingo, et al. "Nesting biology, home range, and habitat use of the Brown Wood Rail (Aramides wolfi) in northwest Ecuador." The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123.1 (2011): 137+. Academic OneFile. Web. 15 July 2014.
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