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Black Sunbird

Leptocoma aspasia
Family
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Order
Passeriformes
Codes
blksun1, BLSU
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilySunbirds and Spiderhunters (Nectariniidae)
SpeciesLeptocoma aspasia
Codesblksun1, BLSU
Identification

The Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia) is a member of the Sunbirds and Spiderhunters family within the order Passeriformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code blksun1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Plain Sunbird
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Black Sunbird photo
(c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Vos

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Leptocoma aspasia

Family: Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Order: Passeriformes

eBird Code: blksun1