Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kagu Chocholatý
Common Names in Danish:
Kagu
Common Names in Dutch:
Kagoe
Common Names in English:
Kagu
Common Names in Estonian:
Kagu
Common Names in Finnish:
Kagu
Common Names in French:
Cagou, Kagou, Kagou Huppé, Kagou Huppé
Common Names in German:
Kagu
Common Names in Italian:
Kagu
Common Names in Japanese:
カグー, Kagu-
Common Names in Latin:
Rhynchochetos jubatus
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Kagu
Common Names in Norwegian:
Kagu
Common Names in Polish:
Kagu
Common Names in Slovak:
Kagu Vlasatý
Common Names in Slovenian:
Kagu
Common Names in Spanish:
Kagú
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: It inhabits a variety of forest-types, usually centred in humid forest
and sometimes extending into closed-canopy scrub
during the wet season4,8. It feeds
on worms, snails and lizards7. Pairs occupy exclusive territories of 10-28 ha and fledge
0.9 juveniles
per year in Rivière Bleue8. Birds survive over 30 years in captivity, and at least 15 in the wild10.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
3.6Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Gruiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Cranes, Rails
- Suborder:
Grui
()
-
- Infraorder:
Gruides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Cariamida
()
- Family:
Rhynochetidae
()
- Kagu
- Genus:
Rhynochetos
()
- Verreaux,J & Des Murs 1860 Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 12 p.439 Nomenclatur
- Specific name:
jubatus
- Verreaux,J & Des Murs 1860 Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 12 p.440 pl.21
- Scientific name: - Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux,J & Des Murs 1860
- Specific name:
jubatus
- Verreaux,J & Des Murs 1860 Rev.Mag.Zool.(2) 12 p.440 pl.21
- Genus:
Rhynochetos
(
- Family:
Rhynochetidae
(
- Parvorder:
Cariamida
(
- Infraorder:
Gruides
(
- Suborder:
Grui
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Rhynochetos Jubata
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhynochetos
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. jubatus (Kagu) · R. orarius
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Further Reading
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 105, p. 252, p. 97.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 139, p. 217, p. 251.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 183.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 274.
- Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. recueil mensuel Par F. E. Guérin-Méneville; avec la collaboration scientifique de A. Focillon. Paris: Au Bureau de la Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. FRE url p. 280, p. 440.
- Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
- The standard natural history. Ed. by John Sterling Kingsley. Boston, S.E. Cassino and company, 1884-85. ENG url p. 117.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Rhynochetos jubatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Aves (bird skins)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852060
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176405
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176405
- IUCN ID: 19725
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B01V
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10837
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
