Leptocoma brasiliana(Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Van Hasselt's sunbird

Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Sarawak
Label transcription: [Collecteed by A.R. Wallace. 1856 Nectarinea hasselti. Temm. Sarawak. / Pl. Col. 376. 3. 73-5-12-803] [No. Brit. Mus. Reg. 73.5.12.803 Cinnyris hasselti. ♂ Loc. Sarawak Ex. Coll. A.R.Wallace]

NOTE:
Species known to occur in Singapore.
Imaged Wallace Specimen from Sarawak.

Yuchen Ang

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Taxon Information

Classification:

Vertebrata: Aves: Passeriformes: Nectariniidae (Sunbirds)

Taxon Name (original as given on label):

Cinnyris hasselti

Collector:

A.R. Wallace

Locality of Specimen:

Sarawak, Sumatra

Specimen Repository:

Natural History Museum Tring