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Nothoprocta perdicaria (Chilean Tinamou)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) is a type of tinamou commonly found in high altitude shrubland in subtropical regions of central Chile.
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Infraspecies

Nothoprocta perdicaria perdicaria (Chilean tinamou)
Nothoprocta perdicaria sanborni (Chilean tinamou)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
9
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.6602
EDGE Score: 3.02821
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.01 lbs (458 g)
Clutch Size [2]  6

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chilean matorral Chile Neotropic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southern Andean steppe Argentina, Chile Neotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Valdivian temperate forests Chile, Argentina Neotropic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Fray Jorge National Park II 22266 Coquimbo, Chile  
Santuario de la Naturaleza Pumalín Sanctuary 713364 Chile

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Convolvulus arvensis (perennial morningglory)[3]
Echium vulgare (Common viper's bugloss)[3]
Galega officinalis (professorweed)[3]
Panicum capillare (panicgrass)[3]
Polygonum aviculare (Prostrate knotweed)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anas sibilatrix (Chiloe Wigeon)1
Thinocorus rumicivorus (Least Seedsnipe)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aonchotheca caudinflata[4]
Subulura suctoria[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Body mass and habitat correlates of song structure in a primitive group of birds, SARA BERTELLI and PABLO L. TUBARO, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 77, 423–430
♦ 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
♦ 3Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Riquelme Salazar, P., Cruzatt Molina, J., Lopez Sepulveda, P., Skewes Ramm, O., Figueroa, R., & Ricardo, A. (2006). Diet of the Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) in south central Chile. Ornitología Neotropical, 17(3), 467-472.
♦ 4Gibson, 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