Nectarinia famosa

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Nectarinia

At a glance

Occurrence records93 417

Data sources7

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 417 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 sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF93 417 records

01Narrative

The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa. They pollinate many flowering plants, particularly those with long corolla tubes, in the Fynbos.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)31.1 mm

Beak length (nares)25.8 mm

Beak width3.9 mm

Body mass14.7 g

Body mass (female)13.4 g

Body mass (male)15.5 g

Hand-wing index20.7

Kipp's distance14.3 mm

Secondary length54.4 mm

Tail length82.2 mm

Tarsus length15.7 mm

Wing length68.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Egg mass1.6 g

Fledging age18 days

Incubation13 days

Litter size2

Litters per year2.5 /year

Diet & foraging9

Aerial20 %

Ground20 %

Invertebrate40 %

Midhigh10 %

Nectar50 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Understory50 %

Vertebrate ectotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size1 109 037 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type93 417 records

Wild obs. + sensor93 210

Museum / vouchered178

Other29

Origin

Native61

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 016 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 344≤1 km 350≤10 km 87>10 km 43

1 824 georeferenced · 91 386 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor93 210

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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 21≤10 km 16>10 km 4

45 georeferenced · 133 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence178

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 institutions11 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Los Angeles, US	59
Cambridge, US	30
South Kensington, GB	21
Washington, US	21
Chicago, US	14
NHMOlocation not on record	8
Seattle, US	7
München, DE	6
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	3
Toronto, CA	3
Bourges, FR	2
CASlocation not on record	1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

15 institutions · 178 of 178 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction5

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

Record type93 417 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 15 geolocated

Record type93 417 records