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Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
Purple-rumped Sunbird, Leptocoma zeylonica, is a sunbird of the Indian subcontinent in the Oriental Region. It is a member of the family Nectariniidae and the order Passeriformes. Males are set apart from Purple Sunbird by their pale underparts, while females differ from males by having whitish throats. The species is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. It builds a hanging pouch nest using cobwebs, lichens and plant material. Like other sunbirds, it can hover briefly, though it usually feeds while perched at flowers.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Nectariniidae — Sunbirds
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Indian subcontinent
