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Coracina typica (Mauritius Cuckooshrike)

Synonyms: Coquus typicus; Lalage typica; Oxynotus typicus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mauritius cuckooshrike (Coracina typica) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Coracina typica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Coracina typica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.07226
EDGE Score: 3.01008
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  43 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  33 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  33 %
Forages - Understory [2]  33 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [3]  24 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mascarene forests France, Mauritius Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Black River Gorges National Park II 16245 Mauritius    
Macchabee-Bel Ombre Nature Reserve Biosphere Reserve 8881 Mauritius    

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
MacchabĂ©: Brise Fer forest Mauritius A1, A2  
Relict forests of central plateau Mauritius A1, A2  
Southern slopes Mauritius A1, A2  

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Jetz 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
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