Bluebeard leaf bird

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Bluebeard leaf bird
Bluebeard leaf bird (Chloropsis cyanopogon), female

Bluebeard leaf bird ( Chloropsis cyanopogon ), female

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Superfamily : Passeroidea
Family : Leaf birds (Chloropseidae)
Genre : Leaf birds ( chloropsis )
Type : Bluebeard leaf bird
Scientific name
Chloropsis cyanopogon
( Temminck , 1830)

The bluebeard leaf bird ( Chloropsis cyanopogon ) is a species of bird from the family of leaf birds (Chloropseidae).

The Latin additional species comes from ancient Greek κυανός kyanós , German 'blue' and πώγων pṓgōn , German 'beard' .

The bird is found in Southeast Asia in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar , Malay Peninsula, and Thailand .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical moist deep forest and their margins.

Sepilok Nature Resort - Sabah, Borneo - Malaysia

features

The bird is 15–16 cm tall, the male weighs 20–23 g, the female 18–21 g. The male looks very similar to the thick-billed leaf bird ( Chloropsis sonnerati ), but is smaller, has a slimmer beak and a yellowish border around its black face. The black mask extends over the throat to the chest and the base of the beak. A bluish-green sheen can be seen on the wings of the hand . The rest of the plumage is slightly shiny grass-green, the underside is a little paler. The iris is dark brown, the bill blackish, the lower bill slate black. Females and juveniles are green throughout without a yellowish throat or eye ring. The female has a slight yellow tinge on the ear covers .

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

  • C. c. septentrionalis Robinson & Kloss , 1919 - English Yellow-bordered Leafbird - extreme south of Myanmar ( Tanintharyi region ), southwest of Thailand and north of the Malay Peninsula
  • C. c. cyanopogon Temminck , 1830, nominate form - English Lesser Green Leafbird - south of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo (also Pulau Banggi )

voice

The male's singing is described as a loud, varied series of warbling phrases.

Way of life

The food is varied, it consists of arthropods , fruits , and occasionally nectar .

The breeding season is between February and August.

Hazardous situation

The stock is considered to be near threatened due to habitat loss.

literature

  • EE Dickinson (Eds.): The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th edition. Volume 2, Princeton University Press , Princeton / Oxford 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bluebeard leaf bird , in Avibase - The world bird database
  2. ↑ a b c d e Handbook of the Birds of the World
  3. ↑ Singapore Birds
  4. ↑ Oiseaux.net
  5. ^ IOC World Bird List Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds
  6. ↑ Redlist

Web links

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