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Philemon corniculatus (Noisy Friarbird)

Synonyms: Philemon corniculatus ellioti

Wikipedia Abstract

The noisy friarbird was first described by ornithologist John Latham in 1790. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin corniculum "(having a) little horn". It is sometimes known as a Leatherhead. Wirgan was a name used by the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney basin.
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Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.01758
EDGE Score: 1.94842

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  101 grams
Female Weight [3]  96 grams
Male Weight [3]  106 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  10.4 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore, Frugivore, Nectarivore
Diet - Endothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  30 %
Forages - Aerial [2]  10 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  40 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  30 %
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  10 %
Clutch Size [5]  3
Incubation [4]  17 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplotriaena smithi <Unverified Name>[7]
Haemoproteus ptilotis <Unverified Name>[7]
Leucocytozoon anellobiae <Unverified Name>[7]
Microsomacanthus meliphagicola <Unverified Name>[7]
Trypanosoma anellobiae <Unverified Name>[7]

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
3Higgins, PJ, Peter, JM and Steele, WK (Eds). (2001). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 5, Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
5Jetz 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
6Food of some birds in eastern New South Wales: additions to Barker & Vestjens. Emu 93(3): 195–199
7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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