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Cinnyris loveridgei (Loveridge's Sunbird)

Synonyms: Nectarinia loveridgei

Wikipedia Abstract

The Loveridge's sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the American herpetologist Arthur Loveridge .
View Wikipedia Record: Cinnyris loveridgei

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cinnyris loveridgei

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.79647
EDGE Score: 3.83669
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  40 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  60 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  60 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  20 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
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
Uluguru Forest Reserves   Tanzania      

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Uluguru Mountains Tanzania A1, A2, A3

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Uluguru Mountains Tanzania, United Republic of

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe Yes

Prey / Diet

Impatiens ulugurensis[3]
Lasianthus cereiflorus[3]

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
♦ 3del 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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