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Myophonus insularis (Taiwan Whistling-thrush)

Synonyms: Myiophonus insularis; Myophonus horsfieldii insularis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Taiwan whistling thrush, also known as the Formosan whistling thrush, (Myophonus insularis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.
View Wikipedia Record: Myophonus insularis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.42214
EDGE Score: 1.85975
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [1]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  80 %
Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Clutch Size [2]  3
Incubation [2]  13 days
Snout to Vent Length [3]  11 inches (29 cm)

Predators

Accipiter trivirgatus (Crested Goshawk)[2]

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.
♦ 3Nathan 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
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