Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Crimson-backed Sunbird (Leptocoma minima) - HBW 13, p. 267

French: Souimanga menu German: Däumlingsnektarvogel Spanish: Suimanga Mínimo
Other common names: Small Sunbird

Taxonomy: Cinnyris minima Sykes, 1832, Western Ghats, Deccan, west India.
Genus often subsumed in Nectarinia. Genus names Leptocoma and Chalcostetha described simultaneously, on consecutive pages of same publication; former has been selected by First Reviser as having precedence (see page 48). Present species probably closest to L. zeylonica. Monotypic.

Distribution: Western Ghats (from N of Mumbai, S to hills of S Kerala), in W India.