Orange-bellied leafbird
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Chloropseidae |
Genus: | Chloropsis |
Species: | C. hardwickii
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Binomial name | |
Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830
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The orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) is a bird native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Yunnan and northern parts of Southeast Asia. The greyish-crowned leafbird, which is found in Hainan, was formerly considered conspecific.[2] The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.
Description[]
It is brightly coloured with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long, curved beak. It feeds on insects, spiders and nectar. Orange-bellied leafbirds make their nests from roots and fibers which are suspended from the edges of twigs at the end of a tree branch. They do not migrate.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Chloropsis hardwickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103775266A93992920. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103775266A93992920.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Chloropsis
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of Northeast India
- Birds of Laos
- Birds of Myanmar
- Birds of Thailand
- Birds of Yunnan
- Birds described in 1830
- Taxa named by Sir William Jardine
- Taxa named by Prideaux John Selby
- Passeri stubs