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Chionis minor (Black-faced Sheathbill)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor), also known as the lesser sheathbill or paddy bird, is one of only two species of sheathbills, aberrant shorebirds which are terrestrial scavengers of subantarctic islands.
View Wikipedia Record: Chionis minor

Infraspecies

Chionis minor crozettensis
Chionis minor marionensis
Chionis minor minor
Chionis minor nasicornis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.3008
EDGE Score: 3.14849
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.296 lbs (588 g)
Birth Weight [2]  43.1 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.215 lbs (551 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.378 lbs (625 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  13.4 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Vertibrates [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  2
Fledging [1]  55 days
Incubation [4]  28 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Monogamy
Wing Span [4]  30 inches (.76 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra South Africa, France, Australia Antarctic Tundra    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Heard and McDonald Islands Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia) A1, A4ii, A4iii  
Prince Edward Islands Special Nature Reserve South Africa A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii  

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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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