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Nectarinia bocagii (Bocage's Sunbird)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Bocage's sunbird (Nectarinia bocagii) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.85246
EDGE Score: 1.92461
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  15 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2 grams
Male Weight [1]  15 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  20 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  80 %
Forages - Canopy [3]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  50 %
Forages - Understory [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Mating Display [2]  Acrobatic aerial display

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic Angola Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luando Integral Nature Reserve 2046033 Angola  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Caconda Angola A3
Luando Strict Nature Reserve Angola A1, A3
Mombolo (Missão da Namba) Angola A1, A2, A3
Mount Moco Angola A1, A2, A3

Prey / Diet

Stipularia africana[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anabathmis reichenbachii (Reichenbach's sunbird)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
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish 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
♦ 4Jetz 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
♦ 5del 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
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