Summary ²

The Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata), is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests of South-East Asia.

ssp. sperata, Luzón. Ssp. trochilus, Bohol, Mindanao. ³

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1. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carmelo López Abad
2. Adapted by Carmelo López Abad from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptocoma_sperata
3. (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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