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Leptocoma
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Leptocoma is a genus of sunbirds found from tropical South Asia to Papua New Guinea. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumTracheophyta
  2. ClassMagnoliopsida
  3. OrderAsterales
  4. FamilyCompositae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
27
With media
1
Family
Nectariniidae
Collections
KU, NHMUK, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - BIRD DIVISION, COLUMBUS, OH (OSUM)
Recorded in
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Philippines

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Leptocoma is a genus of sunbirds found from tropical South Asia to Papua New Guinea. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.

The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptocoma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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