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Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed Stork)

Synonyms: Ibis ibis; Pseudotantalus ibis; Tantalus ibis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork species in the Ciconiidae family. It is widespread in regions south of the Sahara and also occurs in Madagascar.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
30
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.8631
EDGE Score: 2.69888
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.775 lbs (2.166 kg)
Female Weight [3]  4.297 lbs (1.949 kg)
Male Weight [1]  5.256 lbs (2.384 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  22.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  50 %
Diet - Fish [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  55 days
Incubation [1]  30 days
Maximum Longevity [5]  19 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.51 feet (107 cm)
Wing Span [6]  5.15 feet (1.57 m)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 12 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Oschmarinolepis microcephala[7]

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
♦ 3Hancock, JA, JA Kushlan, and MP Kahl. 1992. Storks, ibises, and spoonbills of the world. Academic Press, New York
♦ 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
♦ 5de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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