North-eastern India (Assam, Tripura, Manipur), Bangladesh hills and western and south-western Myanmar south to southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (and islands off western coast except Simeulue), and western Java and Borneo.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Van Hasselt's Sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana) [XC359831]
by Peter Boesman from Rainforest Discovery Center, Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)
Van Hasselt's Sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana) [XC359833]
by Ding Li Yong from Kawag Danum, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata).
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
brasiliana (Gmelin, 1788) - North-eastern India (Assam, Tripura, Manipur), Bangladesh hills and western and south-western Myanmar south to southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (and islands off western coast except Simeulue), and western Java and Borneo.
emmae Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 - Cambodia, southern Laos and southern Vietnam (probably also this subspecies in Tonkin).
mecynorhyncha (Oberholser, 1912) - Simeulue I (off western Sumatra).
eumecis (Oberholser, 1917) - Anamba Is, off eastern Peninsular Malaysia.
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