Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

Other Names (World)
Javan Leafbird, Blue-winged Leafbird, Green Leafbird, Golden-headed Leafbird, Yellow-headed Leafbird, Gold-mantled Chloropsis

Family
Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

Size
16.50 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Humid forest edge and secondary growth. Also evergreen and semi-evergreen lowland forest, peatswamp-forest, well-grown secondary forest and nearby mixed orchards. From lowland plains - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Cambodia (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Indonesia (B) (NB), Laos (B) (NB), Malaysia (B) (NB), Myanmar (B) (NB), Thailand (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) [XC204104]
by Mike Nelson from Gunung Halimun NP, West Java, Indonesia (call)

Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) [XC578375]
by Okamoto Keita Sin from Gunung Halimun, Java, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis), Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis) and Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) following Wells et al. (2003).

Probably forms a superspecies with Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni), Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis) and Yellow-throated Leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis) and until recently was regarded as conspecific with Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) and Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis). The name nigricollis, long used for the Javan (nominate) subspecies, has no designated type or type locality, and therefore no formal taxonomic standing. Described subspecies icterocephala (from Sumatra), billitonis (Belitung) and natunensis (Natuna Is) considered better merged with moluccensis.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

chlorocephala (Walden, 1871) - Extreme eastern Bangladesh and north-eastern India (Assam) east to Myanmar and western Thailand.
kinneari Hall, BP & Deignan, 1956 - Southern China (southern Yunnan), northern Indochina and north-eastern Thailand.
auropectus Wells, DR, Dickinson & Dekker, 2003 - South-eastern Thailand and southern Indochina.
serithai Deignan, 1946 - Northern Malay Peninsula.
moluccensis Gray, JE, 1831 - Southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and satellites and northern Natuna Is. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis).
viridinucha (Sharpe, 1877) - Borneo (except far north).
cochinchinensis (Gmelin, 1788) - Java.
icterocephala (Gmelin, JF, 1789) - Sumatra.
natunensis Chasen, 1938 - Natuna Islands (China Sea).
billitonis Chasen, 1937 - Belitung I. (off Borneo).

Similar Species
Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) which lacks blue in the flight feathers and tail, and has a golden forehead.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) - 10 files

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