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Strix chacoensis (Chaco Owl)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Chaco owl (Strix chacoensis) is an owl which inhabits dry Chaco woodland in southern Bolivia, western Paraguay and northern Argentina.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.07303
EDGE Score: 2.08853
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  427 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.014 lbs (460 g)
Male Weight [1]  395 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  16.5 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [2]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  10 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  58

Important Bird Areas

Prey / Diet

Thylamys pallidior (White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum)[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
♦ 3Nathan 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
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
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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