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Dicrurus waldenii (Mayotte Drongo)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mayotte drongo (Dicrurus waldenii) is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is endemic to Mayotte. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Dicrurus waldenii

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Dicrurus waldenii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.51597
EDGE Score: 3.26055
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [1]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  20 %
Forages - Understory [1]  40 %
Forages - Ground [1]  40 %
Clutch Size [2]  2
Incubation [2]  20 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Comoros forests Comoros Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Baie de Bouéni Mayotte (to France) A1, A2  
Hachiroungou Mayotte (to France) A1, A2  
Mlima Bénara Mayotte (to France) A1, A2  
Mlima Combani and Mlima Mtsapéré Mayotte (to France) A1, A2  

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
♦ 1Hamish 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
♦ 2del 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