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Eleothreptus anomalus (Sickle-winged Nightjar)

Synonyms: Amblypterus anomalus; Hydropsalis anomala

Wikipedia Abstract

The sickle-winged nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) is a species of nightjar in a monotypic genus in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Eleothreptus anomalus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Eleothreptus anomalus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.2591
EDGE Score: 2.91875
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  44 grams
Male Weight [1]  44 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  70 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Migration [3]  Migratory
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
El Palmar National Park II   Entre Rios, Argentina  
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  
Parque Nacional Iguazú National Park II 115949 Argentina  
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina
San Rafael, Reserva de Recursos Manejados Managed Resource Reserve VI 165840 Paraguay  

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Predators

Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl)[4]
Falco femoralis (Aplomado Falcon)[4]

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
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 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.
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