Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)

Other Names (World)
Orange-bellied Leafbird, Hardwicke's Leafbird, Orange-bellied Chloropsis

Family
Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

Size
18.50 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jardine & Selby, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

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
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, spiders and nectar.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (100)...)

Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) [XC21924]
by Mathias Ritschard from Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India (song)

Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) [XC798079]
by Greg Irving from Tian Chi, Jian Feng Ling, Hainan, China (song)

Subspecies
Nominate subspecies and malayana intergrade in southern Myanmar (northern Tenasserim) and possibly more widely. These two are well differentiated from eastern subspecies, but the two groups intergrade in northern Laos, possibly also in south-western China. Population in south-central Vietnam (including Da Lat Plateau), currently included in melliana, may represent a separate, as yet undescribed subspecies. Further study is required.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

hardwickii (Jardine & Selby, 1830) - Northern India (Himachal Pradesh) eastern in Himalayan foothills and hill tracts to southern China (south-eastern Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, north-western Thailand and northern Laos.
malayana Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - Uplands of southern Myanmar (northern and central Tenasserim) and Peninsular Malaysia.
melliana Stresemann, 1923 - Uplands of southern China (from Guizhou and Guangxi east to Fujian) and of northern and central Vietnam (south to southern Annam).
lazulina (Swinhoe, 1870) - Uplands of Hainan I. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Greyish-crowned Leafbird (Chloropsis lazulina).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) - 10 files

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