Acanthagenys rufogularis

Gould, 1838 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Meliphagidae/Acanthagenys

At a glance

Occurrence records265 228

Data sources8

Biological traits32

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Acanthagenys rufogularis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility265 228 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources32 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF265 228 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Map of the range of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Spiny-cheeked honeyeater The spiny-cheeked honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) is the only species in the genus Acanthagenys. It is large, for a honeyeater, ranging from 22 to 27 centimeters and weighing around 52 grams."Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater." Featherdal Wildlife Park, Sydney, Australia. Accessed: 18 July 2007. URL: [1] The birds are sociable, aggressive, and often observed foraging in large flocks.Birds in Backyards: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater . Australian Museum. 2005. Accessed: 18 July 2007. The spiny-cheeked honeyeater is mainly frugivorous, but will also eat nectar, blossoms, insects, reptiles, and young birds. Its habitat includes deserts, coastal scrubland, and dry woodlands. It is also found in mangroves and orchards. Its range includes most of Australia, except for Tasmania, northern tropical areas, and the southeastern coast.Oz Birds: Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Accessed: 18 July 2007. URL

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAnAgeAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5 mm

Beak length (culmen)25.7 mm

Beak length (nares)11.3 mm

Beak width3.7 mm

Body mass47.8 g

Body mass (female)41.4 g

Body mass (male)47.1 g

Hand-wing index23.2

Kipp's distance25 mm

Secondary length82.8 mm

Tail length111 mm

Tarsus length25.1 mm

Wing length111 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass5.45 g

Litter size2.3

Max. longevity163 months

Diet & foraging12

Aerial10 %

Canopy20 %

Fruit10 %

Ground10 %

Invertebrate40 %

Midhigh40 %

Nectar30 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Vertebrate unknown10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size5 976 565 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Acanthagenys rufogularis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

07Deep time~7.84 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin7.84 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type265 228 records

Wild obs. + sensor261 303

Museum / vouchered1 178

Other2 747

Origin

Native11 391

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO178 552 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 61 088≤1 km 18 804≤10 km 18 515>10 km 4 141

102 548 georeferenced · 158 755 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor261 303

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy13% within 1 km

≤100 m 33≤1 km 27≤10 km 378>10 km 18

456 georeferenced · 722 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 178

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 19 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	285
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	271
Museums Victorialocation not on record	192
Sydney, AU	156
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	77
Natick, US	58
Philadelphia, US	36
New Haven, US	19
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	19
Wuzhou, CN	17
Ann Arbor, US	6
Seattle, US	6
QVMAGlocation not on record	5
Berkeley, US	3
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Zografou, GR	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1

19 institutions · 1 155 of 1 178 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Acanthagenys rufogularis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Acanthagenys rufogularis

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging12

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

At a glance

When this lineage existed

Record type265 228 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 19 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type265 228 records