Macronyx ameliae

Tarragon, 1845 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/Macronyx

At a glance

Occurrence records6 214

Data sources8

Biological traits25

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Macronyx ameliae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 214 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF6 214 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The rosy-throated longclaw, also known as the rosy-breasted longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. The Marquis Léonce de Tarragon described the species in 1845, its specific name honouring either his wife or mother who were both named Amélie. Richard Bowdler Sharpe named this species M. wintoni in 1891 after William Edward de Winton. Common names include rosy-throated longclaw, pink-throated longclaw and rosy-breasted longclaw. Three subspecies are recognized: M. ameliae ameliae from Mozambique, Swaziland and eastern South Africa, M. ameliae wintoni from southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania, and M. ameliae altanus from Botswana, Angola, Malawi, southwestern Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBAVONETEltonTraits

Size & morphology13

Beak depth4.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)18.7 mm

Beak length (nares)9.4 mm

Beak width3.9 mm

Body mass33.25 g

Body mass (female)32.6 g

Body mass (male)34.4 g

Hand-wing index17.7

Kipp's distance15.8 mm

Secondary length73.5 mm

Tail length68.2 mm

Tarsus length30.8 mm

Wing length89.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass3.15 g

Litter size3.15

Diet & foraging6

Ground70 %

Invertebrate90 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory30 %

Vertebrate ectotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size1 902 625 km²

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Macronyx ameliae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries2

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 type6 214 records

Wild obs. + sensor6 117

Museum / vouchered76

Other21

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 348 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 accuracy68% within 1 km

≤100 m 96≤1 km 57≤10 km 36>10 km 36

225 georeferenced · 5 892 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor6 117

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 accuracy22% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 2≤10 km 13>10 km 1

18 georeferenced · 58 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence76

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 institutions9 of 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	18
CPMMlocation not on record	13
Philadelphia, US	10
New Haven, US	9
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	9
Cambridge, US	4
Washington, US	3
Toronto, CA	3
Washington State University, Charles R. Conner Museumlocation not on record	1
Seattle, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1
Brussels, BE	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 74 of 76 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Macronyx ameliae 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median23.5 °C 21.6–25.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.30 °C

Max temp (day)29.0 °C 27.5–30.6

Min temp (night)17.5 °C 15.3–19.7

Precipitation49.0 mm/mo 46.6–51.5

Air humidity52.6 % 52.1–53.0

Moisture balance-99.1 mm/mo -110–-88.5

Vapour deficit1,388 Pa 1,248–1,528

Wind speed2.70 m/s

Cloud cover31.8 % 31.3–32.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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Macronyx ameliae

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type6 214 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 13 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type6 214 records