Passeriformes
Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)
HBW 10, p. 252
- Medium-sized, arboreal passerines with proportionately short tarsus and toes, small rictal bristles, straight to lightly decurved bill, and channelled, brush-tipped tongue; plumage green, variously with areas of shining blue, black, yellow and orange.
- Oriental Region.
- Lowland rainforest to monsoon and montane forests, some extending to secondary growth and orchards.
- 1 genus, 11 species, 27 taxa.
- 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 11 2 6 3 8 1 Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati)
- 9 4 2 3 6 2 Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)
- 2 2 6 3 Blue-masked Leafbird (Chloropsis venusta)
- 30 2 12 16 8 4 Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
- 11 10 1 8 5 Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni)
- 0 8 6 Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis)
- 1 1 8 7 Yellow-throated Leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis)
- 2 2 4 8 Philippine Leafbird (Chloropsis flavipennis)
- 29 1 14 14 8 9 Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
- 1 1 8 10 Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media)
- 20 1 9 10 8 11 Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
Family statistics
1 genus, 11 species
| 116 files covering | |
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| 1 genus | (100%) |
| 10 species | (91%) |
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