Black Sunbird

Leptocoma aspasia - Souimanga satiné

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Nectariniidés
Genus
:
Leptocoma
Species
:
aspasia

Descriptor

Lesson, RP Garnot, 1828

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 8 à 9 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.

Subspecific information 21 subspecies

Leptocoma aspasia aspasia (New Guinea)
Leptocoma aspasia talautensis (Talaud Is.. ne of Sulawesi.)
Leptocoma aspasia sangirensis (Sangihe Is.. n of Sulawesi.)
Leptocoma aspasia grayi (n Sulawesi)
Leptocoma aspasia porphyrolaema (c and s Sulawesi)
Leptocoma aspasia auriceps (n Moluccas to the e of Sulawesi)
Leptocoma aspasia auricapilla (Kayoa. w of Halmahera.)
Leptocoma aspasia aspasioides (s Moluccas and Aru Is.)
Leptocoma aspasia proserpina (Buru I.. s Moluccas.)
Leptocoma aspasia chlorolaema (Kai Is.. off sw New Guinea.)
Leptocoma aspasia mariae (Kofiau I.. w Papuan islands.)
Leptocoma aspasia cochrani (w Papuan islands)
Leptocoma aspasia maforensis (Numfor I.. off nw New Guinea.)
Leptocoma aspasia nigriscapularis (Meos Num and Rani Is.. off nw New Guinea.)
Leptocoma aspasia mysorensis (Biak I.. off nw New Guinea. and Schouten I. (off nc New Guinea))
Leptocoma aspasia veronica (Liki I.. off nw New Guinea.)
Leptocoma aspasia cornelia (Tarawai I.. off nc New Guinea.)
Leptocoma aspasia christianae (islands off se New Guinea)
Leptocoma aspasia caeruleogula (New Britain and Umboi Is.. Bismarck Arch..)
Leptocoma aspasia corinna (n Bismarck Arch.. except Feni I..)
Leptocoma aspasia eichhorni (Feni I.. ne Bismarck Arch..)

Foreign names

Souimanga satiné,
Suimanga negro,
nectarínia-acetinada,
Seidennektarvogel,
selymes nektármadár,
Fluweelhoningzuiger,
Nettarinia nera,
sorgsolfågel,
Fløyelssolfugl,
nektárovka hodvábna,
strdimil černý,
Sort Solfugl,
mustamedestäjä,
suimanga negre,
nektarnik czarny,
Чёрная нектарница,
Burung-madu hitam,
クロタイヨウチョウ,
黑花蜜鸟,
黑花蜜鳥,

Voice song and cries

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pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol 13- Handbook of the birds of the world, del Hoyo J., Elliott A. Christie D.
Sunbirds, Roberts A. Cheke, Clive F. Mann and Richard Allen
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest