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Microdynamis parva (Dwarf Koel)

Wikipedia Abstract

The dwarf koel (Microdynamis parva) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Microdynamis. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Infraspecies

Microdynamis parva grisescens
Microdynamis parva parva

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.5618
EDGE Score: 3.15963
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  48 grams
Female Weight [1]  52 grams
Male Weight [1]  45 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.6 %
Diet [2]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  50 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  50 %

Ecoregions

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
♦ 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
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