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| + | Recording © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> | ||
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/9A13D986]. Retrieved 8 June 2021 | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/9A13D986]. Retrieved 8 June 2021 | ||
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Revision as of 14:41, 24 September 2024
Photo © by Alok tewari
Lodha Aurum Grande, Urban Residential Society Garden, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 18 September 2024
- Leptocoma zeylonica
Identification
10cm (4 in)
- Medium-length thin down-curved bill
- Brush-tipped tubular tongue
Adult male
- Maroon breast-band, sides of the head and back
- Purple throat and rump
- Yellow underparts flanked with white
- Green shoulder patch
Female and juvenile are duller
- Olive-green back
- Brown wings
- Yellow breast
Distribution
Asia: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina and Myanmar
Taxonomy
Several Sunbirds (including this one) of the genus Nectarinia have recently been moved into the genus Leptocoma.
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- L. z. flaviventris:
- Peninsula India, Bangladesh, and western Burma
- L. z. zeylonica:
An additional subspecies sola is generally considered invalid[1].
Habitat
Scrub and cultivation.
Behaviour
Breeding
Two to three eggs are laid in a suspended nest in a tree.
Diet
Their diet consists of insects such as spiders and caterpillars, nectar, grapes and misletoe berries.
Vocalisation
Call: ptsiee ptsit, ptsiee ptsswit.
Both call and song are heard in the following recording :
Recording © by Alok Tewari
Lodha Aurum Grande, Urban Residential Society Garden, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 18 September 2024 ... 5.09 pm.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/9A13D986]. Retrieved 8 June 2021
- Cheke, R. and C. Mann (2020). Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pursun3.01
- The Website of Everything
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Purple-rumped Sunbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Purple-rumped_Sunbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
