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Photo by Neil
Singapore, April 2005

Alternative name: Macklot's Sunbird

Leptocoma calcostetha

[edit] Identification

14cm
Male

• Metallic green upperparts
• Coppery throat
• Coppery upper breast
• Deep purple lower breast and belly
• Green cap
• Black tail
  

Female

• Dark olive upperparts
• Grey head and throat
• Greenish-yellow breast and belly
• Grey under tail coverts
• White-tipped black tail
  

Juvenile: similar to the female but has a brown tail

[edit] Distribution

Mangroves and scrub of South East Asia, Palawan and Greater Sundas.

Female
Photo by kampang
Singapore, January 2008

[edit] Taxonomy

Several Sunbirds (including this one) of the genus Nectarinia have recently been moved into the genus Leptocoma.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Coastal mangrove, coconut groves and forest edges.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Monogamous.

The pear shaped nest is built by the female from twigs and leaves, often placed in a mangrove tree and facing water. The eggs are pale brown, marked at the larger end. Both sexes care for the young.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes nectar and insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. naturia.per.sg

• List of references

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