Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Nectariniidae > Nectarinia > Nectarinia johnstoniNectarinia johnstoni (Scarlet-tufted Sunbird; Red-tufted Sunbird)The scarlet-tufted sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Nectarinia genus of the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It is also known as the red-tufted sunbird and the scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird. The males have long tails, up to about 20cm, and pectoral tufts up to about 10 mm wide. \n* On a lobelia deckenii plant \n* Preserved specimen \n* Preserved specimen |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.88074 EDGE Score: 1.92873 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 15 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1.9 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 50 % | | Diet - Nectar [3] | 50 % | | Forages - Aerial [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 1 | | Mating Display [2] | Ground display |
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Species |
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane moorlands |
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Aberdare Mountains |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kenya |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Virunga National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Volcans National Park |
Rwanda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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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 ♦ 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 ♦ 5FEEDING ECOLOGY OF ALBERTINE RIFT ENDEMIC BIRDS IN THE VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK: REGAL SUNBIRD, RWENZORI DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD AND RWENZORI TURACO, Marie-Laure Rurangwa, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA, 2011 ♦ 6del 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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