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Schistocichla caurensis (Caura antbird)

Synonyms: Myrmelastes caurensis; Myrmelastes caurensis caurensis; Percnostola caurensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Caura antbird (Schistocichla caurensis) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Infraspecies

Schistocichla caurensis australis
Schistocichla caurensis caurensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
16
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.21433
EDGE Score: 1.82686
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  39 grams
Male Weight [1]  39 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  100 %
Forages - Understory [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  60 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Guianan Highlands moist forests Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pantepuis Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve 20756852 Amazonas, Venezuela      
El Caura Forest Reserve VI 12722815 Venezuela  
Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument 1408056 Venezuela  
Sur del Estado Bolívar Protective Zone 17945677 Bolívar, Venezuela      

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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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