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Amaurornis phoenicurus (White-breasted Waterhen)

Synonyms: Gallinula phoenicurus

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly. They are somewhat bolder than most other rails and are often seen stepping slowly with their tail cocked upright in open marshes or even drains near busy roads. They are largely crepuscular in activity and during the breeding season, just after the first rains, make loud and repetitive croaking calls.
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Infraspecies

Amaurornis phoenicurus chinensis
Amaurornis phoenicurus insularis (White-breasted water hen)
Amaurornis phoenicurus leucomelana (White-breasted water hen)
Amaurornis phoenicurus midnicobarica
Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus (White-breasted waterhen)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.0483
EDGE Score: 2.3074
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  251 grams
Female Weight [1]  203 grams
Male Weight [1]  299 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  47.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fish [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Plants [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  60 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [4]  6
Incubation [3]  20 days
Wing Span [5]  19 inches (.49 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Ficus fraseri[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ancyracanthopsis buckleyi <Unverified Name>[7]
Aploparaksis porzana[7]
Echinostoma chloropodis[7]
Holostephanus rallus <Unverified Name>[7]

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
♦ 3Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
♦ 4Jetz 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
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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