Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati)

Other Names (World)
Greater Green Leafbird, Greater Leafbird, Malachite-shouldered Leafbird

Family
Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

Size
20.50 - 22.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Jardine & Selby, 1827

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also mangroves.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Fruit, insects and small invertebrates.

Voice
A loud, ascending whistle 'chee-zi-chee'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) [XC450995]
by Ding Li Yong from , Singapore (song)

Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) [XC413819]
by Ding Li Yong from , Malaysia (call)

Subspecies
Named subspecies parvirostris, from Nias I (off western Sumatra), merged with zosterops, as its bill characters fall within range of variation of mainland populations.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

zosterops Vigors, 1830 - Southern Myanmar (central Tenasserim) and south-western Thailand south to Sumatra and satellites, east to northern Natuna group and Borneo.
sonnerati Jardine & Selby, 1827 - Java.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) - 10 files

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