Greater green leafbird

Greater green leafbird
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Chloropseidae
Genus: Chloropsis
Species: C. sonnerati
Binomial name
Chloropsis sonnerati
Jardine & Selby, 1827

The greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is distinguished from the lesser green leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) by its powerful beak, yellow throat and eye ring of the female; and lack of a yellow border along the black throat patch found in the male C. cyanopogan.

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.

It moves quite conspicuously at the canopy level, jumping between branches and flying from tree to tree. It often visits fruiting fig trees, but also takes insects and small invertebrates.

The greater green leafbird has a loud voice, consisting of an ascending whistle chee-zi-chee.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chloropsis sonnerati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • strange, Morten (2000). A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Thailand Including Southeast Asia & The Philippines (1st ed.). Eric Oey (Periplus). ISBN 962-593-926-1. ISBN 978-962-593-926-1.
Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1830, museum specimen Naturalis Biodiversity Center


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