Nectarinia johnstoni — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Nectarinia

At a glance

Occurrence records660

Data sources6

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility660 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF660 records

01Narrative

The scarlet-tufted sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Nectarinia of the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It is also known as the red-tufted sunbird and the scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3 mm

Beak length (culmen)32.3 mm

Beak length (nares)24.1 mm

Beak width4 mm

Body mass15.7 g

Body mass (female)14.38 g

Body mass (male)16.15 g

Hand-wing index18.8

Kipp's distance14.3 mm

Secondary length61.8 mm

Tail length113 mm

Tarsus length17.8 mm

Wing length76.9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.9 g

Litter size1.2

Diet & foraging9

Aerial10 %

Canopy10 %

Ground20 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh20 %

Nectar50 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheNectarivore

Understory40 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatGrassland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size21 310 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type660 records

Wild obs. + sensor645

Museum / vouchered11

Other4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO812 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 21≤10 km 6>10 km 3

61 georeferenced · 584 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor645

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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤1 km 9>10 km 2

11 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

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 institutions1 of 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	11

1 institutions · 11 of 11 vouchered records shown