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Cinclosoma punctatum (Spotted Quail-thrush)

Synonyms: Turdus punctatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The spotted quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum) is a species of bird in the Cinclosomatidae family.It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical and temperate dry forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Cinclosoma punctatum

Infraspecies

Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
Cinclosoma punctatum dovei
Cinclosoma punctatum punctatum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.8921
EDGE Score: 2.47588
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  113 grams
Female Weight [3]  107 grams
Male Weight [3]  120 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  12.1 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  2
Incubation [4]  14 days
Mating Display [6]  Ground display
Mating System [6]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cinclosomicola punctatica <Unverified Name>[7]
Porrocaecum clelandi <Unverified Name>[7]

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
♦ 3Higgins, PJ and Peter, JM (Eds). (2002). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 6, Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 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.
♦ 5Jetz 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
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Species 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
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