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Purple Sunbird – Specimen 1 – ssp. asiaticus – Male

Details

Subspecies: Cinnyris asiaticus asiaticus (Latham, 1790)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-042001

Date: 30 November 2021
Gender: Male
Location: Chiloda, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA
Reason of death: Trauma

Overall

Weight: 6 gm
Wingspan: 168 mm
One wing: 74 mm
Body Length: 110.3 mm
Tail Length: 31.3 mm
Primary Projection: 9.9 mm
Wing-to-Tail: 16.5 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 33.2 mm
Head Width: 11.4 mm
Beak: 16.6 mm
Beak Width: 5.1 mm
Gape Length: 19.1 mm

Legs

Femur: 13.2 mm
Tibiotarsus: 21.5 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 12.6 mm
Digit 1: 6.4 mm
Digit 2: 6.1 mm
Digit 3: 8.4 mm
Digit 4: 6.0 mm

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PrimariesWing Feathers

P10 (45.7 mm) Compare

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P9 (48.5 mm) Compare

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P8 (49.7 mm) Compare

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P7 (50.2 mm) Compare

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P6 (48.9 mm) Compare

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P5 (47.3 mm) Compare

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P4 (46.1 mm) Compare

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P3 (45.4 mm) Compare

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P2 (44.5 mm) Compare

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P1 (44 mm) Compare

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S2 (42.6 mm) Compare

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S3 (41.3 mm) Compare

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S4 (39.4 mm) Compare

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S5 (37.7 mm) Compare

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S6 (35.8 mm) Compare

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S7 (30.9 mm) Compare

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S8 (22.5 mm) Compare

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Alulas

A1 (14.6 mm) Compare

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A2 (9.8 mm) Compare

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RectricesTail Feathers

R1 (39.9 mm) Compare

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R2 (40.6 mm) Compare

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R3 (39.9 mm) Compare

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R4 (39.9 mm) Compare

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R5 (39.1 mm) Compare

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