Jerdon's Leafbird

Jerdon's Leafbird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Chloropseidae
Genus:	Chloropsis
Species:	C. jerdoni
Binomial name
Chloropsis jerdoni Blyth, 1844
Synonyms
Chloropsis cochinchinensis jerdoni

A male in Hyderabad, India.

The Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) is a species of leafbird found in forest and woodland in India and Sri Lanka. Its name honours Thomas C. Jerdon. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Blue-winged Leafbird (C. cochinchinensis), but differ in measurements and morphology, it lacking the blue flight feathers for which the Blue-winged Leafbird was named.

It builds its nest in a tree, and lays 2-3 eggs. This species eats insects, fruit and nectar.

The male is green-bodied with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat. It has a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, and young birds are like the female but without the blue throat patch.

Like other leafbirds, the call of Jerdon's Leafbird consists of a rich mixture of imitations of the calls of various other species of birds.

References

• BirdLife Species Factsheet. BirdLife International. Accessed 2008-06-25.
• Birds of India by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, ISBN 0-691-04910-6
• Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis jerdoni (Jerdon's Leafbird). P. 264 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.