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Purple-rumped Sunbird

Leptocoma zeylonica (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The purple-rumped sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other sunbirds, they are small in size, feeding mainly on nectar but sometimes take insects, particularly when feeding young. They can hover for short durations but usually perch to suck nectar from flowers. They build a hanging pouch nest made up of cobwebs, lichens and plant material. Males are brightly coloured but females are olive above and yellow to buff below. Males are easily distinguished from the purple sunbird by the light coloured underside while females can be told apart by their whitish throats. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Nectariniidae
Genus:
   Leptocoma
Scientific:
  Leptocoma zeylonica

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Certhia zeylonica

Type locality:
  Ceylon.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/192/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  9A13D986F7A8C5A7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-9A13D986

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/9A13D986

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916411

Geographic range:

  • Leptocoma zeylonica zeylonica: Sri Lanka
  • Leptocoma zeylonica flaviventris: Peninsular India, Bangladesh, and w Myanmar
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Catalan:
suimanga de carpó porpra
Czech:
strdimil srílanský
Danish:
Indisk Solfugl
German:
Indiennektarvogel
Spanish:
Suimanga Cingalés
Spanish (Spain):
Suimanga Cingalés
Finnish:
pihamedestäjä
French:
Souimanga à croupion pourpre
Croatian:
žutotrbi medosas
Hungarian:
ceyloni nektármadár
Italian:
Nettarinia groppaviola
Japanese (romaji):
kurisetaiyouchou
Japanese:
クリセタイヨウチョウ
Lithuanian:
Šrilankinė leptokoma
Dutch:
Purperstuithoningzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Purpurgumpsolfugl
Norwegian:
Purpurgumpsolfugl
Polish:
nektarnik żółtobrzuchy
Portuguese:
nectarínia-indiana
Portuguese (Portugal):
beija-flor-do-ceilão
Russian:
Лимонная нектарница
Slovak:
nektárovka záhradná
Serbian:
Ljubičastoleđa sunčica
Swedish:
violettgumpad solfågel
Ukrainian:
Нектаринка лимонногруда
Chinese:
紫腰花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
紫腰花蜜鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Souimanga à croupion pourpre ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Souimanga à croupion pourpre ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nectarinia zeylonica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nectarinia zeylonica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nectarinia zeylonica [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Nectarinia zeylonica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Purple-rumped Sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leptocoma zeylonica [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Leptocoma zeylonica [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: বেগুনিকোমর মৌটুসি
Catalan: suimanga de carpó porpra
Czech: strdimil srílanský, Strdinil cejlonský
Danish: Indisk Solfugl
German: Ceylon Nektarvogel, Ceylonnektarvogel, Däumlingsnektarvogel, Indiennektarvogel
English: Purple rumped Sunbird, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Small Sunbird
English, HBW: Purple-rumped Sunbird
English (IOC): Purple-rumped Sunbird
English (United States): Purple-rumped Sunbird
Spanish: Nectarina de Rabadilla Purpúrea, Suimanga Cingalés
Spanish (Spain): Suimanga Cingalés
Spanish (HBW): Purple-rumped Sunbird
Finnish: Pihamedestäjä
French: Souimanga à ceinture marron, Souimanga à croupion pourpre
Hindi: Pukudichan
Croatian: žutotrbi medosas
Hungarian: ceyloni nektármadár
Italian: Nettarinia groppaviola, Nettarinia groppone purpureo
Japanese (romaji): kurisetaiyouchou
Japanese: クリセタイヨウチョウ
Scientific: Certhia ceylanensis, Certhia zeylonica, Leptocoma zeylonica, Leptocoma zeylonica zeylonica, Nectarinia zeylonica
Lithuanian: Šrilankinė leptokoma
Malayalam: മഞ്ഞ തേൻകിളി, മഞ്ഞ  തേന്‍കിളി, മഞ്ഞത്തേൻകിളി
Marathi: जांभळ्या पुठ्ठ्याचा शिंजीर
Dutch: Purperstuithoningzuiger, Purperstuit-honingzuiger
Norwegian Nynorsk: Purpurgumpsolfugl
Norwegian: Purpurgumpsolfugl
Polish: cudonektarnik żółtobrzuchy, nektarnik zóltobrzuchy, nektarnik żółtobrzuchy
Portuguese: nectarínia-indiana
Portuguese (Portugal): beija-flor-do-ceilão
Russian: Лимонная нектарница, Пурпурноспинная нектарница
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Nithamba Dam Sutikka
Slovak: nektárovka záhradná
Serbian: Ljubičastoleđa sunčica
Swedish: Violettgumpad solfågel
Tamil: Oodha Pitta Thenchittu
Turkish: Mor sokumlu nektarkuşu
Ukrainian: Нектаринка лимонногруда
Chinese: 紫腰花蜜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 紫腰花蜜鳥

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