Van Hasselt's Sunbird
Leptocoma brasiliana(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Van Hasselt's Sunbird
The Van Hasselt's Sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Nectariniidae (Spiderhunters and Sunbirds) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Leptocoma brasiliana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Leptocoma brasiliana brasiliana
- Leptocoma brasiliana emmae
- Leptocoma brasiliana mecynorhyncha
- Leptocoma brasiliana eumecis
- Leptocoma brasiliana axantha
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia brasiliana
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Brasilia ; error, emended to Java, by Oberholser, 1912, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 60 (7) , p. 18.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] Tomus 1 p.474-475
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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