Oct 14

Bird of the day

Purple-throated sunbird

Leptocoma sperata

The purple-throated sunbird (Leptocoma sperata), is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.

Its natural habitats are lowland tropical forests and tropical mangrove forests of Maratua and the Philippines.

The Van Hasselt's sunbird was previously considered conspecific.

Aliases

Leptocoma sperata