Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)

Other Names (World)
Golden-fronted Leafbird, Gold-fronted Chloropsis

Family
Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1829)

Habitat
Deciduous woodland, evergreen broadleaf forest, forest edge, secondary growth (including bamboo), wooded stands in coffee and tea estates and wooded gardens. From sea-level - 1,200 m (1,800 m in Sri Lanka).

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B) (NB), Bhutan (B) (NB), Cambodia (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), India (B) (NB), Laos (B) (NB), Myanmar (B) (NB), Nepal (B) (NB), Sri Lanka (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Introduced to Singapore.

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).

Status LC
Trapping for trade is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Forages in the canopy.

Food
Arthropods, fruits and nectar.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) [XC196964]
by Mandar Bhagat from Chorla Ghats, Goa, India (call)

Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) [XC472633]
by Peter Ericsson from Mohan area, Corbett NP buffer zone, Uttarakhand, India (song)

Subspecies
Chloropsis aurifrons (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) and Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media) following Wells et al. (2003).

Forms a superspecies with Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media) and was for long considered conspecific, but differs in several respects, including in development of mask.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

aurifrons (Temminck, 1829) - North-eastern Indian Subcontinent (eastern in Himalayan foothills from Himachal Pradesh, south to Orissa) and north, western and central Myanmar.
frontalis (Pelzeln, 1856) - Western and eastern India (southern from southern Gujarat and the Satpura Range and, in east, from central Orissa).
insularis Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 - Far south-western India and Sri Lanka.
pridii Deignan, 1946 - Southern China (south-western Yunnan), eastern and southern Myanmar, north-western and western Thailand and northern and central Laos.
inornata Kloss, 1918 - East-central and eastern Thailand, southern Laos and central Vietnam.
incompta Deignan, 1948 - South-western and south-eastern Thailand, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) - 10 files

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