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Xenopirostris damii (Van Dam's Vanga)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Van Dam's vanga (Xenopirostris damii) is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Xenopirostris damii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Xenopirostris damii

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
54
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.85026
EDGE Score: 4.25989
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [1]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  70 %
Forages - Mid-High [1]  50 %
Forages - Understory [1]  50 %
Clutch Size [2]  3

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar dry deciduous forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d' Ankarafantsika National Park II 335701 Madagascar  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Analamera Special Reserve Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Ankarafantsika National Park and Ampijoroa Forestry Station Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Ankarana Special Reserve Madagascar A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Range Map

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
♦ 2BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Xenopirostris damii. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/09/2012.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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