Black Sunbird

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Nectariniidae

Genus

Leptocoma

eBird Code

blksun1

Subspecies (21)

• Leptocoma aspasia aspasia

  New Guinea including Yapen and other northern satellites

• Leptocoma aspasia aspasioides

  southern Moluccas (Seram, Ambon, Nusa Laut, and Watubela), and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia auricapilla

  Kayoa (off western Halmahera)

• Leptocoma aspasia auriceps

  Banggai and Sula islands (off eastern Sulawesi), and northern and central Moluccas

• Leptocoma aspasia caeruleogula

  New Britain and associated islands, including Umboi, Sakar, Bali, and Watom (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Leptocoma aspasia chlorolaema

  Kai Islands

• Leptocoma aspasia christianae

  D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade archipelagos (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia cochrani

  Waigeo and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia corinna

  New Hanover and New Ireland and satellite islands southward to Lihir (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Leptocoma aspasia cornelia

  Tarawai Island (northern New Guinea off mouth of Sepik River)

• Leptocoma aspasia eichhorni

  Feni Island (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Leptocoma aspasia grayi

  northern Sulawesi, including Bangka, Lembeh, Manadotua, and Bangka islands (off northeast)

• Leptocoma aspasia maforensis

  Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia mariae

  Kofiau (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia mysorensis

  Biak (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia nigriscapularis

  Mios Num and Rani islands (south of Biak, Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)

• Leptocoma aspasia porphyrolaema

  eastern and southern Sulawesi, including Togian islands (off east) and Muna, Labuan, Blanda, and Buton (off southeast)

• Leptocoma aspasia proserpina

  Buru (southern Moluccas)

• Leptocoma aspasia sangirensis

  Sangihe, Siau, and Ruang islands

• Leptocoma aspasia talautensis

  Talaud Islands (Karakelong, Salebabu, Kabruang, and Sara)

• Leptocoma aspasia veronica

  Liki Island (off northern coast of western New Guinea)