Nectarinia tacazze

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Nectariniidae/Nectarinia

At a glance

Occurrence records8 638

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 638 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF8 638 records

01Narrative

Female specimen Nairobi National Museum The Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth3.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)30.1 mm

Beak length (nares)23 mm

Beak width3.9 mm

Body mass14.5 g

Body mass (female)13.95 g

Body mass (male)15.7 g

Hand-wing index16

Kipp's distance12.1 mm

Secondary length63.7 mm

Tail length84.9 mm

Tarsus length18.1 mm

Wing length76.1 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.88 g

Litter size1.4

Diet & foraging7

Aerial10 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh50 %

Nectar50 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheNectarivore

Understory40 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size285 225 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type8 638 records

Wild obs. + sensor8 584

Museum / vouchered29

Other25

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 188 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 318≤1 km 103≤10 km 27>10 km 32

480 georeferenced · 8 104 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8 584

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 accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 4≤10 km 18>10 km 1

25 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence29

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 institutions8 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Seattle, US	11
Cambridge, US	7
Brussels, BE	2
Frankfurt am Main	2
Ann Arbor, US	1
Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1
Berkeley, US	1
Chicago, US	1
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record	1

11 institutions · 29 of 29 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

Record type8 638 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 11 geolocated

Record type8 638 records