Doricha enicura

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Apodiformes/Trochilidae/Doricha

At a glance

Occurrence records3 235

Data sources7

Biological traits21

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Doricha enicura's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 235 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 sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 235 records

01Narrative

The slender sheartail (Doricha enicura) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONETAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth1.5 mm

Beak length (culmen)21.9 mm

Beak length (nares)18 mm

Beak width1.4 mm

Body mass2.4 g

Hand-wing index67.6

Kipp's distance24.2 mm

Secondary length11.7 mm

Tail length47.6 mm

Tarsus length3.8 mm

Wing length36.5 mm

Diet & foraging6

Invertebrate10 %

Midhigh30 %

Nectar90 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheNectarivore

Understory70 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAerial

Range size78 587 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 235 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 034

Museum / vouchered198

Other3

Origin

Native11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 232 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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 47≤1 km 217≤10 km 71>10 km 15

350 georeferenced · 2 684 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 034

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 accuracy70% within 1 km

≤100 m 116≤1 km 7≤10 km 43>10 km 9

175 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence198

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 institutions18 of 25 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record	32
Paris, FR	24
New Haven, US	22
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX	21
US	14
Berkeley, US	10
Cambridge, US	8
Wuzhou, CN	7
Philadelphia, US	6
Los Angeles, US	6
NCBlocation not on record	5
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	5
Zacatecas, MX	4
Ann Arbor, US	4
Ithaca, US	3
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record	3
Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapaslocation not on record	3
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record	3
Chicago, US	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Toronto, CA	2
Mexico City, MX	1
Denver, US	1
Washington, US	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1

25 institutions · 190 of 198 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology11

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type3 235 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions18 of 25 geolocated

Record type3 235 records