Nectarinia bocagii — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Nectarinia

At a glance

Occurrence records121

Data sources6

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Nectarinia bocagii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility121 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF121 records

01Narrative

Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Angola and the DRC. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology12

Beak depth3 mm

Beak length (culmen)24.7 mm

Beak length (nares)18.3 mm

Beak width3.5 mm

Body mass14.78 g

Body mass (male)14.78 g

Hand-wing index16.9

Kipp's distance11.7 mm

Secondary length57.3 mm

Tail length76.5 mm

Tarsus length16.4 mm

Wing length69 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.96 g

Litter size2

Diet & foraging7

Canopy10 %

Invertebrate20 %

Midhigh50 %

Nectar80 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheNectarivore

Understory40 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWoodland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size114 260 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type121 records

Wild obs. + sensor103

Museum / vouchered18

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO172 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced · 102 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor103

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

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 5 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	9
Los Angeles, US	5
New Haven, US	2
Cambridge, US	1
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 18 of 18 vouchered records shown