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Coracina newtoni (Reunion Cuckooshrike)

Synonyms: Coquus newtoni; Corvus newtoni; Lalage newtoni; Oxynotus newtoni

Wikipedia Abstract

The Réunion cuckooshrike (Coracina newtoni) is a passerine bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the island of Réunion, where it is restricted to two areas of mountain forest in the north of the island. Males are dark grey above and pale grey beneath, while females have dark brown upper parts and a streaked breast. The population has been declining and the range contracting, being currently about 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the species as "critically endangered", with the possibility that the bird could be wiped out by a tropical storm. Conservation efforts are being made by attempting to control the cats and rats which prey on the chicks, and this seems to have resulted in the population stabilising.
View Wikipedia Record: Coracina newtoni

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Coracina newtoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.07559
EDGE Score: 4.39703

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  80 %
Forages - Canopy [1]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  60 %
Clutch Size [2]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mascarene forests France, Mauritius Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Plaine des Chicots: Plaine d'Affouches R A1, A2, A4ii  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Plaine des Chicots - Plaine d'Affouches Reunion  

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
2del 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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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