Bornean Leafbird

Bornean Leafbird
Bornean Leafbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Chloropseidae
Genus: Chloropsis
Species: C. kinabaluensis
Binomial name
Chloropsis kinabaluensis
Sharpe, 1887
Synonyms
Chloropsis cochinchinensis kinabaluensis

Chloropsis cochinchinensis flavocincta

The Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis), also known as the Kinabalu Leafbird, is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is found in humid forests in northern Borneo. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Blue-winged Leafbird (C. cochinchinensis), but differ in measurements and morphology, the female Borneon Leafbird having a distinctive male-like plumage. The distribution of the two are known to approach each other, but there is no evidence of intergradation.

References

  • BirdLife International 2006. Chloropsis kinabaluensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
  • Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis kinabaluensis (Bornean Leafbird). pp. 264-265 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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