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Golden-fronted leafbird

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The Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons) is a species of leafbird. It is a common resident breeder in India, Sri Lanka, and parts of Southeast Asia. It often includes the Sumatran Leafbird (C. media) from Sumatra as a subspecies, but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology.

Golden-fronted Leafbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Chloropseidae
Genus:
Chloropsis
Species:
C. aurifrons
Binomial name
Chloropsis aurifrons
Temminck, 1829

Its habitat is forest and scrub. It builds its nest in a tree, laying 2-3 eggs. This species eats insects and berries.

The adult is green-bodied with a black face and throat bordered with yellow. It has an 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.

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Rasmussen, P. C. & J. Anderton 2005. Birds of South Asia:The Ripley Guide. Vol 2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions
  • Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
  • 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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    feeding at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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    feeding at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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    at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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    at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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    at Jurong BirdPark, Singapore


 

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