Copper-throated Sunbird
Leptocoma calcostetha(Jardine, W, 1843)
English (US) Copper-throated Sunbird
The Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha) 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.
Range: mangroves and coastal scrub of southeastern Asia, Palawan, and Greater SundasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leptocoma calcostetha
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Copper-throated Sunbird
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Nectarinia calcostetha
- Described by
- (Jardine, W, 1843)
- Type locality
- 'E. Ind. Islands?'; restricted to Java, by Oberholser, 1923, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 13, p. 229.
- Original description
- The Naturalist's Library 36(Sun-birds) p.263
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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