Leptocoma

Leptocoma

Taxobox
name = " Leptocoma "


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Male Purple-rumped Sunbird
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Nectariniidae
genus = " Leptocoma "
genus_authority = Cabanis, 1850
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "L. zeylonica"
"L. minima"
"L. calcostetha"
"L. sperata"
"L. sericea"

"Leptocoma" is a genus of sunbirds found from tropical South Asia to Papua New Guinea. Its members are sometimes included in "Nectarinia"

The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

Its members are:

* Purple-rumped Sunbird, "Leptocoma zeylonica"
* Crimson-backed Sunbird, "Leptocoma minima"
* Copper-throated Sunbird, "Leptocoma calcostetha"
* Purple-throated Sunbird, "Leptocoma sperata"
* Black Sunbird, "Leptocoma sericea" - formerly "Nectarinia aspasia"

References

*Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, "Birds of India" ISBN 0-691-04910-6
*Robson, Craig "A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand" ISBN-10: 1843309211


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