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Amaurornis olivieri (Sakalava Rail)

Synonyms: Zapornia olivieri (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Sakalava rail (Amaurornis olivieri) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Amaurornis olivieri

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Amaurornis olivieri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.14694
EDGE Score: 4.39661
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar dry deciduous forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Madagascar mangroves Madagascar Afrotropic Mangroves

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Bemamba Wetland Complex Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2Jetz 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