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Himantopus novaezelandiae (Black Stilt)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black stilt or kakī (Māori), Himantopus novaezelandiae, is found only in New Zealand, and is the world's rarest wading bird: less than 100 adults survive in the wild. Adult kakī have distinctive black plumage, very long red legs, and a long thin black bill. Black stilts currently breed only in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, and are threatened by introduced feral cats and ferrets, as well as habitat degradation from hydroelectric dams, agriculture, and invasive weeds.
View Wikipedia Record: Himantopus novaezelandiae

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Himantopus novaezelandiae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.07596
EDGE Score: 5.08274
View EDGE Record: Himantopus novaezelandiae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  178 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  90 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  30 days
Incubation [3]  25 days
Mating System [4]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [5]  19 years
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 12 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Awarua Wetland 49421 South Island, New Zealand      

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Upper Waitaki Valley New Zealand

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Range Map

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
♦ 3New Zealand Department of Conservation
♦ 4Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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