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Podoces panderi (Pander's Ground Jay; Turkestan Ground-jay)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pander's ground jay, grey ground jay or Turkestan ground-jay (Podoces panderi) is a species of bird in the crow and jay family, Corvidae. It is found in central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is closely related to the Persian ground-jay of Iran. Its natural habitat is sandy desert with low shrub cover. It also forages around human settlements and roads.
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Infraspecies

Podoces panderi ilensis
Podoces panderi panderi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.35286
EDGE Score: 1.99509
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  89 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  5
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Incubation [3]  17 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  10 inches (25 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amudarya Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 152861 Lebap, Turkmenistan  
Kaplankyr Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 1293994 Turkmenistan  
Repetek Biosphere Reserve 102089 Turkmenistan  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Buzaubay Uzbekistan A1, A3
Karakyr Lakes Uzbekistan A1, A3, A4i, A4iii
Northern part of the Assake-Audan depression Uzbekistan A1, A3
Repetek Turkmenistan A3
The desert around Kurkuduk village Uzbekistan A1, A3

Prey / Diet

Phrynocephalus interscapularis (Spot-backed toad-headed lizard)[3]

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.
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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