Nectarinia purpureiventris

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Nectarinia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 625

Data sources6

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 625 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 625 records

01Narrative

The purple-breasted sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth2.7 mm

Beak length (culmen)20.6 mm

Beak length (nares)15.1 mm

Beak width3.5 mm

Body mass11.5 g

Body mass (female)11.2 g

Body mass (male)11.7 g

Hand-wing index20.3

Kipp's distance12.6 mm

Secondary length49.1 mm

Tail length95.2 mm

Tarsus length15.9 mm

Wing length61.8 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.89 g

Litter size1.7

Diet & foraging8

Aerial10 %

Canopy30 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh40 %

Nectar50 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheNectarivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size70 154 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 625 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 489

Museum / vouchered136

Origin

Native29

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 092 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 12≤10 km 1

25 georeferenced · 1 464 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 489

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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤1 km 23>10 km 4

27 georeferenced · 109 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence136

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 institutions7 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
MRAClocation not on record	73
Los Angeles, US	26
Brussels, BE	16
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	13
Paris, FR	3
Ann Arbor, US	2
Cambridge, US	1
Copenhagen, DK	1
Chicago, US	1

9 institutions · 136 of 136 vouchered records shown

Nectarinia purpureiventris

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging8

Habitat & environment4

Record type1 625 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Record type1 625 records