Bostrychia rara — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Pelecaniformes/Threskiornithidae/Bostrychia

At a glance

Occurrence records603

Data sources6

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Bostrychia rara's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility603 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF603 records

01Narrative

The spot-breasted ibis (Bostrychia rara) is a small, forest-dwelling ibis found in African lowland forests and swampy forested areas. Its preference for dense rainforests in tropical Africa means that it is seldom seen and is vulnerable to deforestation.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology12

Beak depth18.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)120 mm

Beak length (nares)104 mm

Beak width12.3 mm

Body mass866 g

Hand-wing index30.3

Kipp's distance79 mm

SVL59 cm

Secondary length182 mm

Tail length104 mm

Tarsus length59.6 mm

Wing length261 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Incubation20 days

Litter size2

Diet & foraging5

Ground80 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheAquatic predator

Water around surface20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWetland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size2 806 304 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type603 records

Wild obs. + sensor584

Museum / vouchered19

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO552 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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 2≤10 km 3

8 georeferenced · 576 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor584

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤1 km 6≤10 km 3>10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence19

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 institutions4 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
MRAClocation not on record	7
Brussels, BE	4
New Haven, US	2
Cambridge, US	2
Philadelphia, US	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2

6 institutions · 19 of 19 vouchered records shown