Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)

Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) - HBW 10, p. 264

French: Verdin de Jerdon German: Jerdonblattvogel Spanish: Verdín de Jerdon
Other common names: Indian Leafbird, Jerdon’s Chloropsis

Taxonomy: Phyllornis jerdoni Blyth, 1844, central India.
Probably forms a superspecies with C. cochinchinensis, C. kinabaluensis and C. palawanensis; was for long regarded as a race of first of those, but differs in bill morphology and plumage details. Wing length in N (male 92-93 mm, two females 86 mm and 88 mm) larger than in S (male down to 85 mm in Sri Lanka), but differences considered insufficient to warrant naming of geographical races. Monotypic.

Distribution: India S from S Gujarat (Gulf of Cambay), C Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, and Sri Lanka.