Purple-throated sunbird

Purple-throated sunbird
Male in Singapore
Female in Singapore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Leptocoma
Species: L. sperata
Binomial name
Leptocoma sperata
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Nectarinia sperata

The purple-throated sunbird (Leptocoma sperata), is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests of Maratua and the Philippines.

The Van Hasselt's sunbird was previously considered conspecific.

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