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Centropus melanops (Black-faced Coucal)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-faced coucal (Centropus melanops) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Centropus melanops

Infraspecies

Centropus melanops banken
Centropus melanops melanops

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
32
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.407
EDGE Score: 2.85687
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  220 grams
Female Weight [2]  233 grams
Male Weight [2]  210 grams
Weight Dimorphism [2]  11 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests Philippines Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Philippines Philippines Yes

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
♦ 2Rand, LA & Rabor, DS (1960) Birds of the Philippine islands: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol, and Samar. Fieldiana: Zoology, 35, 221–441
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