Thursday, 3 January 2019

Van Hasselt's Sunbird / Maroon-bellied Sunbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)
Van Hasselt's Sunbird / Maroon-bellied Sunbird
Leptocoma brasiliana
万赫氏花蜜鸟 (wànhè-shì huā-mì-niǎo)
紫喉花蜜鸟 (zǐ-hóu huā-mì-niǎo)

    Malay : Kelicap Belacan Biasa
    Japanese : アンハッセルトタイヨウチョウ (anhasseruto taiyō-chō)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 万赫氏太陽鳥



    Size : 9–10 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Leptocoma brasiliana brasiliana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
    – NE India (Assam, Tripura, Manipur), Bangladesh hills and W & SW Myanmar S to S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (and islands off W coast except Simeulue), and W Java and Borneo.
  • Leptocoma brasiliana emmae (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928)
    – Cambodia, S Laos and S Vietnam (probably also this race in Tonkin).
  • Leptocoma brasiliana mecynorhyncha (Oberholser, 1912)
    – Simeulue I (off W Sumatra).
  • Leptocoma brasiliana eumecis (Oberholser, 1917)
    – Anamba Is, off E Peninsular Malaysia.
  • Leptocoma brasiliana axantha (Oberholser, 1932)
    – N Natuna Is.

Leptocoma brasiliana ssp. brasiliana
Date : 22 December 2018
Location : Taman Kebun Bunga (Penang Botanic Gardens), Georgetown, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang

Leptocoma brasiliana ssp. brasiliana
Date : 22 December 2018
Location : Taman Kebun Bunga (Penang Botanic Gardens), Georgetown, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang

Leptocoma brasiliana ssp. brasiliana
Date : 22 December 2018
Location : Taman Kebun Bunga (Penang Botanic Gardens), Georgetown, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang

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