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Kagu 0A2A3921🐦

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SpeciesEurypygiformesRhynochetidae
Birds

🐦Kagu

Rhynochetos jubatus J.Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860

Kagu chocholatý (Rhynochetos jubatus) je endemický pták z Nové Kaledonie, jediný druh rodu kagu z monotypické čeledě kaguovití.

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Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.86 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Kagu

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Body mass
0.86 kg
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Tail length
0.18 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.26 m
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Beak length
0.07 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.1 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.9 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Kagu yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderEurypygiformes
  5. ›familyRhynochetidae
  6. ›genusRhynochetos
  7. ›speciesRhynochetos jubatus
Full lineage
  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. familyRhynochetidae
  4. genusRhynochetos
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. familyRhynochetidae
  11. genusRhynochetos
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Kagu (de), Rhynochetos jubatus (it), kagú (ca), kagu chocholatý (cs), Kagu (da), Rhynochetos jubatus (es) … and 24 more languages
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