Van Hasselt's sunbird
| Van Hasselt's sunbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nectariniidae |
| Genus: | Leptocoma |
| Species: | L. brasiliana
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptocoma brasiliana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
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Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana), is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Northeast India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple-throated sunbird.
In 1939, a group of bird lovers in Hawaii known as the Hui Manu released 28 of these birds on various parts of the leeward side of Oahu in Hawaii in an attempt to get them to become established there; none appeared have succeeded.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Leptocoma brasiliana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103795247A104297009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103795247A104297009.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Papers of the Hui Manu, Hawaii State Archives, Collection M-465, Box 2, "Bird Importations, 1930-1955."
- Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Leptocoma
- Birds of Northeast India
- Birds of Southeast Asia
- Birds described in 1788
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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