Genus Chloropsis

 

Golden-fronted Leafbird - Its habitat is forest and scrub. It builds its nest in a tree, laying 2-3 eggs. This species eats insects and berries.

Blue-winged Leafbird - The male is green-bodied with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat. It has a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, and young birds are like the female but without the blue throat patch.

 

Philippine Leafbird - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.Its stronghold appears to be Mindanao, with populations small in Leyte and in Cebu, the species could already be extinct.

Orange-bellied Leafbird - The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.

 

Chloropsis jerdoni - The Jerdon's Leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and woodland in India and Sri Lanka. Its name honours Thomas C. Jerdon. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Blue-winged Leafbird , but differ in measurements and morphology, it lacking the blue flight feathers for which the Blue-winged Leafbird was named.

 

Chloropsis kinabaluensis - The Bornean Leafbird , also known as the Kinabalu Leafbird, is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is found in humid forests in northern Borneo. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Blue-winged Leafbird , but differ in measurements and morphology, the female Borneon Leafbird having a distinctive male-like plumage. The distribution of the two are known to approach eash other, but there is no evidence of intergradation.

 

Chloropsis media - The Sumatran Leafbird is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is endemic to forest and plantations in Sumatra in Indonesia. It has often been included as a subspecies of the Golden-fronted Leafbird , but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran Leafbird having a yellow forehead, and the female resembling a female Blue-winged Leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail .

Yellow-throated Leafbird - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Greater Green Leafbird - It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, mainly old-growth forests but also secondary forests and edges.

 

Blue-masked Leafbird - It is considered near threatened due to habitat loss.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Chloropseidae
Genus : Chloropsis