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Microcarbo pygmeus (Pygmy Cormorant)

Synonyms: Pelecanus pygmeus (homotypic); Phalacrocorax pygmeus (homotypic)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.0261
EDGE Score: 2.0827
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.499 lbs (680 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.329 lbs (603 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.565 lbs (710 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  17.7 %
Diet [2]  Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  100 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  5
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  70 days
Incubation [3]  28 days
Wing Span [3]  33 inches (.85 m)

Protected Areas

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Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey No
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Prey / Diet

Carassius carassius (Crucian carp)[3]
Cobitis taenia (Spine loach)[3]
Perca fluviatilis (River perch)[3]
Rutilus rutilus (Roach)[3]
Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Red-eye)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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