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Charadrius pallidus (Chestnut-banded Plover)

Wikipedia Abstract

The chestnut-banded plover (Charadrius pallidus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. This species has a large range, being distributed across Southern Africa. However, it actually occupies a rather small area.
View Wikipedia Record: Charadrius pallidus

Infraspecies

Charadrius pallidus pallidus
Charadrius pallidus venustus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.7415
EDGE Score: 3.31357
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  60 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  40 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [4]  12 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Etosha National Park Namibia A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Lake Manyara National Park Tanzania A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Makgadikgadi Pans Botswana A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Sandwich Harbour Namibia A1, A4i, A4iii  
Walvis Bay Namibia A1, A4i, A4iii

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gyrocoelia perversa[5]
Neolacunisoma geraldschmidti[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Johnsgard, PA 1981. The Plovers, Sandpipers, and Snipes of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
♦ 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
♦ 3Jetz 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
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Gibson, 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