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Amaurornis olivacea (Plain Bush-hen; Philippine Bush-hen)

Synonyms: Amaurornis olivaceus; Gallinula olivacea

Wikipedia Abstract

The plain bush-hen (Amaurornis olivacea) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
View Wikipedia Record: Amaurornis olivacea

Infraspecies

Amaurornis olivacea magnirostris
Amaurornis olivacea moluccana (Rufous-tailed Waterhen) (Attributes)
Amaurornis olivacea nigrifrons
Amaurornis olivacea olivacea
Amaurornis olivacea ruficrissa
Amaurornis olivacea ultima

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.0285
EDGE Score: 2.30543
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  183 grams
Female Weight [1]  170 grams
Male Weight [1]  196 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  70 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  30 %
Clutch Size [1]  6

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Philippines Philippines No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

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
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