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Category:Chloropsis

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Golden-fronted Leafbird
Photo by John Keep

Genus: Chloropsis

[edit] Description

Leafbirds from south and south-east Asia.

Predominantly green plumage
Very similar shape and proportions
They live in the canopy of deciduous to evergreen forest
They are generalist feeders

[edit] Taxonomy

Chloropsis is the only genus in the family Chloropseidae.

Genus Chloropsis	view â€¢ edit

C. flavipennis

Philippine Leafbird

C. palawanensis

Yellow-throated Leafbird

C. sonnerati

Greater Green Leafbird

C. cyanopogon

Lesser Green Leafbird

C. cochinchinensis

Blue-winged Leafbird

C. kinabaluensis

Bornean Leafbird

C. jerdoni

Jerdon's Leafbird

C. aurifrons

Golden-fronted Leafbird

C. media

Sumatran Leafbird

C. hardwickii

Orange-bellied Leafbird

C. venusta

Blue-masked Leafbird

[edit] References

Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726

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