Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Nectariniidae > Anthreptes > Anthreptes rubritorquesAnthreptes rubritorques (Banded Green Sunbird)The banded green sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, plantations, and rural gardens.It is threatened by habitat loss. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.69374 EDGE Score: 3.5489 |
Adult Weight [1] | 10.5 grams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore | Diet - Fruit [2] | 30 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | Diet - Nectar [2] | 40 % | Forages - Canopy [2] | 70 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 30 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
East Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nguru Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nguu Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Uluguru Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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West Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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