Anthreptes aurantius — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Anthreptes

At a glance

Occurrence records275

Data sources6

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility275 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF275 records

01Narrative

The violet-tailed sunbird (Anthreptes aurantius) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found near water in forest, scrub and mangrove in the Central African countries of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. It is part of the violet-backed sunbird superspecies.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth3.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)18 mm

Beak length (nares)12.2 mm

Beak width3.5 mm

Body mass12.5 g

Hand-wing index13.7

Kipp's distance8.7 mm

Secondary length54.5 mm

Tail length45.6 mm

Tarsus length17.5 mm

Wing length64 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.51 g

Litter size1.7

Diet & foraging2

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size1 740 388 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type275 records

Wild obs. + sensor265

Museum / vouchered10

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO424 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 accuracy61% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 5≤10 km 9

23 georeferenced · 242 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor265

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 5

5 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10

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 7 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	3
Geneva, CH	2
MRAClocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Cambridge, US	1
Brussels, BE	1
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7 institutions · 10 of 10 vouchered records shown