Urorhipis rufifrons

(Rüppell, 1840) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Cisticolidae/Urorhipis

At a glance

Occurrence records266

Data sources6

Biological traits21

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Urorhipis rufifrons's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility266 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF266 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The red-fronted prinia (Prinia rufifrons), also known as the red-fronted warbler and the red-faced apalis, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology11

Beak depth2.7 mm

Beak length (culmen)11.7 mm

Beak length (nares)6.7 mm

Beak width2.3 mm

Body mass6.47 g

Hand-wing index11.4

Kipp's distance5.1 mm

Secondary length39.3 mm

Tail length56.8 mm

Tarsus length19.2 mm

Wing length44.7 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size3.5

Diet & foraging5

Ground20 %

Invertebrate100 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory80 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration2.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size1 242 957 km²

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Urorhipis rufifrons has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type266 records

Wild obs. + sensor265

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO524 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 265 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor265

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 1

1 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

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
Chicago, US	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Urorhipis rufifrons was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.2 °C 24.4–28.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.8 °C

Max temp (day)31.2 °C 29.2–33.2

Min temp (night)21.6 °C 20.0–23.2

Precipitation14.5 mm/mo 11.1–17.9

Air humidity60.3 % 57.6–63.0

Moisture balance-128 mm/mo -138–-117

Vapour deficit1,436 Pa 1,148–1,723

Wind speed3.80 m/s 3.70–4.00

Cloud cover13.6 % 13.4–13.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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