Brunei Darussalam (B), Cambodia (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Philippines (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).
Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim), southern Thailand, southern Cambodia, Cochinchina, and Peninsular Malaysia southern on coasts and islands to Sumatra and satellites; western Philippines (Palawan and Balabac), Natuna Is, coasts of Borneo and islands off north-eastern (including Maratua), and also coasts of Java.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha) [XC610769]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore, Singapore (song)
Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha) [XC645887]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Peninsular Malaysia (near Kuala Sepetang), Perak, Malaysia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Genus names Leptocoma and Chalcostetha described simultaneously, and former has been selected by First Reviser as having precedence. Type of genus Chalcostetha. No obvious close relatives. Several subspecies have been proposed from various islands off Sumatra, Borneo and Natunas, but none considered adequately differentiated.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet