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Anthreptes rubritorques (Banded Green Sunbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Anthreptes rubritorques

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Anthreptes rubritorques

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
43
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.69374
EDGE Score: 3.5489
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10.5 grams
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 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
East Usambara Biosphere Reserve 222395 Tanzania  
Kilombero Nature Reserve 332384 Tanzania      
Udzungwa Mountains National Park 491740 Tanzania  
Uluguru Forest Reserves   Tanzania      
West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve 475189 Tanzania  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
East Usambara Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
Nguru Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
Nguu Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
Uluguru Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3
West Usambara Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania No
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No

Prey / Diet

Erythrina abyssinica (erythrina)[4]
Macaranga kilimandscharica[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cinnyris venustus (Variable sunbird)1
Onychognathus walleri (Waller's Starling)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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