Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)

Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) - HBW 10, p. 264

French: Verdin à tête jaune German: Blauflügel-Blattvogel Spanish: Verdín Aliazul
Other common names: Green Leafbird, Golden-headed/Yellow-headed Leafbird, Gold-mantled Chloropsis

Taxonomy: Turdus Cochinchinensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Cochinchina; error = Java.
Probably forms a superspecies with C. jerdoni, C. kinabaluensis and C. palawanensis; until recently was regarded as conspecific with first two. The name nigricollis, long used for the Javan (nominate) race, has no designated type or type locality, and therefore no formal taxonomic standing. Described races icterocephala (from Sumatra), billitonis (Belitung) and natunensis (Natuna Is) considered better merged with moluccensis. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

chlorocephala (Walden, 1871) - extreme E Bangladesh and NE India (Assam) E to Myanmar and W Thailand.
kinneari B. P. Hall & Deignan, 1956 - S China (S Yunnan), N Indochina and NE Thailand.
auropectus Wells et al., 2003 - SE Thailand and S Indochina.

See all 7 subspecies

chlorocephala (Walden, 1871) - extreme E Bangladesh and NE India (Assam) E to Myanmar and W Thailand.
kinneari B. P. Hall & Deignan, 1956 - S China (S Yunnan), N Indochina and NE Thailand.
auropectus Wells et al., 2003 - SE Thailand and S Indochina.
serithai Deignan, 1946 - N Malay Peninsula.
moluccensis (J. E. Gray, 1831) - S Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites and N Natuna Is.
viridinucha (Sharpe, 1877) - Borneo (except far N).
cochinchinensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Java.