Anthreptes anchietae — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Anthreptes

At a glance

Occurrence records500

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Anthreptes anchietae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility500 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF500 records

01Narrative

Anchieta's sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, the DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia, and is named after José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta. Illustration by Keulemans

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth2.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)16.6 mm

Beak length (nares)11.1 mm

Beak width3 mm

Body mass8 g

Body mass (male)8 g

Hand-wing index15.4

Kipp's distance9.9 mm

Secondary length54.3 mm

Tail length43.8 mm

Tarsus length16.6 mm

Wing length64.2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.22 g

Litter size1.7

Diet & foraging8

Canopy60 %

Fruit20 %

Invertebrate60 %

Midhigh20 %

Nectar20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size465 325 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type500 records

Wild obs. + sensor455

Museum / vouchered45

Origin

Native13

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO640 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 450 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor455

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 accuracy14% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 6

7 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence45

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 institutions6 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	13
Chicago, US	9
New Haven, US	6
South Kensington, GB	5
CPMMlocation not on record	3
Ann Arbor, US	3
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	2
Cambridge, US	1

8 institutions · 42 of 45 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code