Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Nectariniidae > Cyanomitra > Cyanomitra veroxiiCyanomitra veroxii (Mouse-coloured sunbird)Synonyms: Nectarinia veroxii The grey sunbird or mouse-coloured sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.9504 EDGE Score: 1.9388 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 10 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1.4 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 50 % | | Diet - Nectar [3] | 50 % | | Forages - Aerial [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 10 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 1 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albany thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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East African mangroves |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia |
Afrotropic |
Mangroves |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Maputaland coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Montane fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Africa mangroves |
South Africa, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Mangroves |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Alexandria coastal belt |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Amatole forest complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Arabuko-Sokoke Forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bazaruto Archipelago |
Mozambique |
A4i, A4iii |
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Changelane river gorge |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dakatcha Woodland |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dhlinza Forest Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Dwesa and Cwebe Nature Reserves |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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East Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Entumeni Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Gede Ruins National Monument |
Kenya |
A1 |
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Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves |
Swaziland |
A2, A3 |
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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Katberg: Readsdale forest complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kilwa District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Kosi Bay system |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Sibaya |
South Africa |
A4iii |
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Lake St Lucia and Mkuze swamps |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Lengwe National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Lindi District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Maputo Special Reserve |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mida Creek, Whale Island and the Malindi: Watamu coast |
Kenya |
A4i |
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Mkambati Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mkuzi Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Mnazi Bay |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Moebase region |
Mozambique |
A1, A3 |
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Mtwara District Coastal Forests |
Tanzania |
A1 |
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Ndumo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ngoye Forest Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pemba Island |
Tanzania |
A1, A2 |
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Pomene |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Rufiji Delta |
Tanzania |
A4i |
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Tana River Delta |
Kenya |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Tana River Forests |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Umlalazi Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3 |
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Umtamvuna Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Zambezi River Delta |
Mozambique |
A1, A3, A4i |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Cape Floristic Region |
South Africa |
No |
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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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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland |
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 ♦ 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 |
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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