Distribution

Endemic to the southeastern Moluccas (9 White, C. M. N., and M. D. Bruce (1986). The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An Annotated Check-list. British Ornithologists’ Union Check-list 7. British Ornithologists’ Union, London, UK. Close , 5 Coates, B. J., and K. D. Bishop (1997). A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea: Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Dove Publications, Alderley, Queensland, Australia. Close , 10 Cheke, R. A., and C. F. Mann (2001). Sunbirds: a Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close , 3 Eaton, J. A., B. van Balen, N. W. Brickle, and F. E. Rheindt (2016). Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. Close ), on the Tanimbar Islands; the Kai Islands (Kur, Tayandu, Kai Dulah, Kai Besar, and Kai Kecil) (1 Hartert, E. J. O. (1903). On the birds of the Key and South-East Islands, and of Ceram-laut. Novitates Zoologicae 10(3):232–254. Close , 16 Johnstone, R. E., and S. (B.) van Balen (2013). The birds of the Kai and Tayandu Islands, Maluku region, Indonesia. Western Australian Naturalist 29(1):11–56. Close ); and Watubela in the northeast Banda Sea.

None definitely known.