Anthreptes longuemarei

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Anthreptes

At a glance

Occurrence records3 034

Data sources7

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 034 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 034 records

01Narrative

The western violet-backed sunbird or Longuemare's sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is the most widely ranging species in the violet-backed sunbird superspecies, ranging throughout a large part of tropical mainland sub-Saharan Africa not inhabited by other members of the superspecies. It is mainly found in regions with mesic woodland.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)18.5 mm

Beak length (nares)12.3 mm

Beak width3.6 mm

Body mass11.8 g

Body mass (female)11.3 g

Body mass (male)11.85 g

Hand-wing index17.3

Kipp's distance12.2 mm

Secondary length58.4 mm

Tail length48.6 mm

Tarsus length17 mm

Wing length70.6 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.67 g

Litter size1.7

Diet & foraging8

Aerial10 %

Canopy20 %

Invertebrate80 %

Midhigh60 %

Nectar20 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size5 262 393 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 034 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 979

Museum / vouchered41

Cultivated / captive1

Other13

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 192 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 177≤1 km 32≤10 km 15>10 km 15

239 georeferenced · 2 740 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 979

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 2>10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions5 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
CPMMlocation not on record	25
Seattle, US	7
Cambridge, US	2
Ann Arbor, US	2
Geneva, CH	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

7 institutions · 39 of 41 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging8

Habitat & environment4

Record type3 034 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 7 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type3 034 records