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Fulica ardesiaca (Andean Coot)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Andean coot (Fulica ardesiaca), also known as the slate-coloured coot, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes.
View Wikipedia Record: Fulica ardesiaca

Infraspecies

Fulica ardesiaca ardesiaca
Fulica ardesiaca atrura

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.4352
EDGE Score: 1.86178
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.178 lbs (988 g)
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  20 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  40 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  40 %
Clutch Size [3]  5

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de Huascarán National Park II 844711 Ancash, Peru  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cordillera Huayhuash y Nor-Oyón Peru A1, A2, A3
Laguna de Ite Peru A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii
Laguna El Paraíso Peru A1, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Taylor, PB 1998. Rails: A guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut
♦ 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
♦ 3Jetz 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