Cyanomitra verticalis

(Latham, 1790) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Cyanomitra

At a glance

Occurrence records18 039

Data sources9

Biological traits28

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections7

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cyanomitra verticalis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 039 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF18 039 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries7 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

The green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)24.7 mm

Beak length (nares)18 mm

Beak width3.4 mm

Body mass13.7 g

⚠ sources differ — AmnioteDB: 13.7 g · AVONET: 14.43 g · EltonTraits: 14.43 g

Body mass (female)13.35 g

Body mass (male)15 g

Hand-wing index16.6

Kipp's distance10.3 mm

Secondary length51.3 mm

Tail length42.1 mm

Tarsus length17.1 mm

Wing length61.9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.9 g

Litter size2

Diet & foraging9

Canopy60 %

Fruit20 %

Invertebrate30 %

Midhigh20 %

Nectar30 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size5 373 210 km²

05DNA & barcoding7 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 Cyanomitra verticalis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections7

Countries3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P652 bp consensus6 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Diversity (π)4.1%

Haplotypes2

BINs2

Most divergent pair0.46%

Where individuals differ — all 48 variable positions, in barcode order

4Tvariable

16Cmostly conserved

19Cvariable

25Amostly conserved

34Avariable

40Cvariable

47Cmostly conserved

61Cvariable

79Avariable

85Amostly conserved

91Cvariable

96Gmostly conserved

97Avariable

100Cvariable

136Cvariable

148Cmostly conserved

163Amostly conserved

166Avariable

172Avariable

181Avariable

199Cvariable

202Cvariable

235Cvariable

241Avariable

244Cvariable

271Avariable

283Avariable

292Cvariable

298Cvariable

313Avariable

316Avariable

373Avariable

400Avariable

403Cvariable

409Cvariable

425Cmostly conserved

430Avariable

442Cvariable

469Cvariable

472Cvariable

478Avariable

553Cvariable

556Cvariable

568Tvariable

598Cvariable

628Tvariable

634Tvariable

652Tvariable

CCTTTACCTAATCTTCGGCGCATGAGCCGGAATAGTAGGCACCGCCCTAAGCCTCCTCATCCGAGCAGAACTAGGACAACCCGGAGCCCT …

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Cyanomitra oritissame genus8.1%Cinnyris jugularissame family8.2%Hedydipna collarissame family9.1%Cyanomitra olivaceasame genus9.2%Cinnyris reichenowisame family9.5%

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type18 039 records

Wild obs. + sensor17 994

Museum / vouchered45

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO12 360 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 408≤1 km 114≤10 km 34>10 km 14

570 georeferenced · 17 424 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17 994

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 4

4 georeferenced · 41 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 institutions8 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	12
Stockholm, SE	9
Copenhagen, DK	5
Wuzhou, CN	4
Seattle, US	3
Ann Arbor, US	2
Geneva, CH	1
Bourges, FR	1
Zografou, GR	1

9 institutions · 38 of 45 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA7 detections

Where the DNA of Cyanomitra verticalis 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 found7

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 7 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.2 °C 20.1–25.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.10 °C

Max temp (day)26.1 °C 24.0–27.3

Min temp (night)21.6 °C 17.1–24.2

Precipitation169 mm/mo 166–268

Air humidity65.9 % 63.4–71.0

Vapour deficit1,090 Pa 679–1,095

Cloud cover39.6 % 14.2–56.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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Cyanomitra verticalis

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type18 039 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 9 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type18 039 records