Nigrita canicapillus

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Estrildidae/Nigrita

At a glance

Occurrence records18 537

Data sources7

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Nigrita canicapillus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 537 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 sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF18 537 records

01Narrative

The grey-headed nigrita (Nigrita canicapillus) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,700,000 km2. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5.8 mm

Beak length (culmen)13.5 mm

Beak length (nares)9.6 mm

Beak width6.2 mm

Body mass18.7 g

Body mass (female)18 g

Body mass (male)17 g

Hand-wing index20.5

Kipp's distance13.9 mm

Secondary length53.9 mm

Tail length47.9 mm

Tarsus length16.1 mm

Wing length68.2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Egg mass1.75 g

Litter size4.7

Diet & foraging9

Canopy33 %

Fruit20 %

Invertebrate50 %

Midhigh33 %

Nectar10 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelomnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory33 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size3 831 512 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type18 537 records

Wild obs. + sensor18 346

Museum / vouchered166

Other25

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO10 300 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 474≤1 km 94≤10 km 34>10 km 7

609 georeferenced · 17 737 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor18 346

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 13>10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 152 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence166

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 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	125
Chicago, US	16
Seattle, US	8
Wuzhou, CN	6
New Haven, US	5
Geneva, CH	2
Bourges, FR	2
Cambridge, US	1
Philadelphia, US	1

9 institutions · 166 of 166 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction2

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

Record type18 537 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions8 of 9 geolocated

Record type18 537 records