Purple-throated sunbird (Hút mật họng hồng, Leptocoma sperata)
Earlier considered conspecific with Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)

The purple-throated sunbird (Leptocoma sperata), is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.


The name Leptocoma combines the Ancient Greek words leptos "delicate" or "fine" and kome "hair".
The specific name sperata is Latin for "bride" or "betrothed".

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