World Species : Antrostomus sericocaudatus (Silky-tailed Nightjar)

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Antrostomus sericocaudatus (Silky-tailed Nightjar)

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Synonyms: Caprimulgus sericocaudatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The silky-tailed nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Infraspecies

Antrostomus sericocaudatus mengeli
Antrostomus sericocaudatus sericocaudatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 11.1056

EDGE Score: 2.49367

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	67 grams
Female Weight ^[1]	60 grams
Male Weight ^[1]	75 grams
Weight Dimorphism ^[1]	25 %

Diet ^[2]	Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates ^[2]	100 %
Forages - Mid-High ^[2]	60 %
Forages - Understory ^[2]	10 %
Forages - Ground ^[2]	30 %

Clutch Size ^[1]	2
Nocturnal ^[2]	Yes

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests	Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Araucaria moist forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia interior forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Humid Chaco	Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Monte Alegre varzea	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Serra do Mar coastal forests	Brazil	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna	Argentina	Neotropic	Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Southwest Amazon moist forests	Peru, Brazil, Bolivia	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Ucayali moist forests	Peru	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Atlantic Forest	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay	No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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

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