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Corythornis cristatus cristatus (Malachite Kingfisher)

Synonyms: Alcedo cristata; Alcedo cristata cristata; Corythornis cristatus cyanostigma; Corythornis cristatus longirostris; Corythornis cristatus robertsi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.41072
EDGE Score: 2.24185
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2.4 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Fish [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  40 %
Forages - Understory [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  10 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  20 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  60 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Incubation [4]  15 days
Maximum Longevity [4]  8 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Alcolapia grahami (Lake Magadi tilapia)[4]
Hemichromis fasciatus (Banded jewelfish)[6]
Sarotherodon melanotheron (blackchin tilapia)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ceryle rudis (Pied Kingfisher)2
Hemichromis fasciatus (Banded jewelfish)1
Hepsetus odoe (Pike characid)1
Schilbe intermedius (Butter catfish)1
Trichiurus lepturus (Atlantic Cutlassfish)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Greig-Smith, P. W., and N. C. Davidson. 1977. Weights of West African savanna birds. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 97:96-99
♦ 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.
♦ 5Jetz 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
♦ 6Food niche segregation between the Malachite Kingfisher, Alcedo cristata, and the Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, at Lake Nokoué, Bénin, Roland Libois and Arnaud Laudelout, Ostrich 2004, 75(1&2): 32–38
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
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