Black Sunbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Black Sunbird

Leptocoma aspasia

黑花蜜鸟

    Size : 11–11.5 cm; mean 8 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Leptocoma aspasia grayi (Wallace, 1865)
  – N Sulawesi, including small islands of Manadotua, Bangka and Lembeh.
• Leptocoma aspasia porphyrolaema (Wallace, 1865)
  – Sulawesi (except N), including Togian Is, Muna, Butung and Labuan Blanda.
• Leptocoma aspasia sangirensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874)
  – islands of Sangihe, Siau and Ruang (N of Sulawesi).
• Leptocoma aspasia talautensis (A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1894)
  – Talaud Is (NE of Sulawesi).
• Leptocoma aspasia auriceps (G. R. Gray, 1861)
  – Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Mare, Makian, Kasiruta, Bacan, Bisa, Obi, Damar, Muor and Gebe; also Banggai and Sula Archipelagos (off E Sulawesi).
• Leptocoma aspasia auricapilla (Mees, 1965)
  – Kayoa I (off W Halmahera).
• Leptocoma aspasia cochrani (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932)
  – West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Misool).
• Leptocoma aspasia mariae (Ripley, 1959)
  – Kofiau I (N of Misool).
• Leptocoma aspasia proserpina (Wallace, 1863)
  – Buru I.
• Leptocoma aspasia aspasioides (G. R. Gray, 1861)
  – Seram, Ambon, Nusa Laut, Watubela Is and Aru Is.
• Leptocoma aspasia chlorolaema (Salvadori, 1874)
  – Kai Is.
• Leptocoma aspasia aspasia (Lesson & Garnot, 1828)
  – New Guinea (including islands of Manam, Karkar, Adi, Gag), except SE.
• Leptocoma aspasia maforensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874)
  – Numfor I (in Geelvink Bay), in NW New Guinea.
• Leptocoma aspasia mysorensis (A. B. Meyer, 1874)
  – Biak I (in Geelvink Bay) and Schouten Is (off NC New Guinea).
• Leptocoma aspasia nigriscapularis (Salvadori, 1876)
  – Mios Num and Rani I (in Geelvink Bay).
• Leptocoma aspasia salvadorii (Shelley, 1877)
  – Yapen I and Bay Is (in Geelvink Bay).
• Leptocoma aspasia veronica (Mees, 1965)
  – Liki I, off NW New Guinea.
• Leptocoma aspasia cornelia (Salvadori, 1878)
  – Tarawai I, off CN New Guinea.
• Leptocoma aspasia corinna (Salvadori, 1878)
  – N Bismarck Archipelago (except Feni Is).
• Leptocoma aspasia eichhorni (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1926)
  – Feni I, E of New Ireland.
• Leptocoma aspasia caeruleogula (Mees, 1965)
  – Umboi I and New Britain.
• Leptocoma aspasia vicina (Mayr, 1936)
  – SE New Guinea.
• Leptocoma aspasia christianae (Tristram, 1889)
  – Trobriand Is, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Marshall Bennett Group, Woodlark I and Louisiade Archipelago (Tagula and Misima), off SE New Guinea.

Leptocoma aspasia ssp. cochrani
Date : 04 September 2018

Location : Marinda Airport Road, Distrik Waigeo Selatan, Kabupaten Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia