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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
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| name = Golden-fronted
| image = Golden Fronted Leafbird Mukulhinge.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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▲| species = '''''C. aurifrons'''''
▲| binomial_authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1829
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== Taxonomy and systematics ==
Formerly, the [[Sumatran leafbird]] was considered as a [[subspecies]], but the two differ extensively in [[morphology (biology)|morphology]] and other characteristics.
== Description ==
The adult is green-bodied with a black face and throat bordered with yellow. It has dark brown [[Iris (anatomy)|irises]] and blackish feet and bill.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetobird00john|title=A field guide to the birds of China|last=Ramsay.|first=MacKinnon, John|date=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Phillipps, Karen., He, Fen-qi.|isbn=9780198549406|location=New York|oclc=42597710|url-access=registration}}</ref> It has a yellowish orange forehead and blue moustachial line (but lacks the blue flight feathers and tail sides of [[blue-winged leafbird]]). Young birds have a plain green head and lack the black on their face and throat. The black of the face and throat appears slightly duller in females.
The southern Indian race, '' C. a. frontalis'', has a narrower yellow border to black face. The throat is black and it has a blue sub-moustachial stripe and duller orange forehead. Towards the extreme south of India and [[Sri Lanka]] the race ''insularis'' occurs which is slightly smaller than ''frontalis''.<ref name=ras>Rasmussen, P. C. & J. Anderton 2005. Birds of South Asia:The Ripley Guide. Vol 2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions</ref>
=== Vocalization ===
Its song consists of rising and falling liquid chirps in [[bulbul]]-like tones and its call may include harsh whispers. They are also known to mimic the calls of other bird species and have loud calls.<ref name=":0" />
== Distribution and habitat ==
The golden-fronted leafbird is a common resident breeder in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia. Its habitat is forest and scrub.
== Behaviour and ecology ==
The golden-fronted leafbird builds its [[bird nest|nest]] in a tree, laying 2-3 [[bird egg|eggs]]. This species eats [[insects]] and berries.
==Gallery==▼
File:Golden-fronted Leafbird - Bandavhgarh - India 8120 (16844995627).jpg|Golden-fronted leafbird in a flowering ''Butea monosperma'' tree
Image:Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) feeding at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 312.jpg|
Image:Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) at Jayanti, Duars, West Benga W2 Picture 305.jpg|
File:Golden Fronted Leafbird during daytime.jpg|Male in [[Nagarhole National Park]], India
File:P1020096 copy - Copy.jpg|Golden-fronted leafbird and [[Jerdon's leafbird]] in [[National Museum of Ireland - Natural History]]</gallery>
==References==
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*''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, {{ISBN
* Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis aurifrons (Golden-fronted Leafbird). pp. 265–266 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2005). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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▲==Gallery==
▲Image:Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) feeding at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 312.jpg|feeding at [[Jayanti]] in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve]] in [[Jalpaiguri]] district of [[West Bengal]], India.
▲Image:Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) at Jayanti, Duars, West Benga W2 Picture 305.jpg|at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
▲Image:Chloropsis aurifrons-20031005.jpg| at [[Jurong BirdPark]], Singapore
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