Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Caprimulgiformes > Caprimulgidae > Eurostopodus > Eurostopodus mystacalis

Eurostopodus mystacalis (White-throated Nightjar)

Synonyms: Caprimulgus mystacalis; Eurostopodus mystacalis mystacalis

Wikipedia Abstract

The white-throated nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in eastern Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Eurostopodus mystacalis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.7081
EDGE Score: 2.75418
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  138 grams
Female Weight [1]  173 grams
Male Weight [1]  104 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  66.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  70 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Mating Display [4]  Non-acrobatic aerial display
Mating System [4]  Monogamy
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Allodapa suctoria <Unverified Name>[5]

Range Map

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
♦ 3Jetz 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
♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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