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Amphilais seebohmi (Grey Emutail; Madagascar Grassbird)

Synonyms: Bradypterus seebohmi (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The grey emutail (Amphilais seebohmi), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an emutail in the Locustellidae family.It is found only in Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and shrub-dominated wetlands. The scientific name, Dromaeocercus seebohmi, is named after Henry Seebohm.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.04817
EDGE Score: 2.30739
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20 grams
Male Weight [3]  12 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  100 %

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ranomafana National Park II 100646 Madagascar  
Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra National Park II 76961 Madagascar
Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Tsaratanana Strict Nature Reserve Ia 122363 Madagascar  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Andringitra National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Mantadia National Park and Analamazaotra Special Reserve Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Ranomafana National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Torotorofotsy Wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Tsaratanana Strict Nature Reserve and adjacent areas Madagascar A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

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
♦ 3Nathan 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
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