Family Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)
Near Threatened
Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)
Taxonomy
French: Verdin barbe-bleue German: Blaubart-Blattvogel Spanish: Verdín gorjiazul
Taxonomy:
Phyllornis cyanopogon
Temminck
, 1830,Palembang, Sumatra
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Subspecies and Distribution
C. c. septentrionalis
Robinson & Kloss, 1919 – Yellow-bordered Leafbird – extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim), SW Thailand and N Malay Peninsula.
C. c. cyanopogon
(Temminck, 1830) – Lesser Green Leafbird – S Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo (including Banggi I, off N coast).
Descriptive notes
15–16·2 cm; male 20·3–22·8 g, female 18·5–20·5 g (cyanopogon). Male nominate race has a trace of brassy yellow... read more
Voice
Song a loud, varied sequence of rich warbling phrases including deep, mellow notes and frequent... read more
Habitat
Canopy and high edge of lowland evergreen forest, including peatswamp-forest, mature and... read more
Food and feeding
Generalist; diet arthropods, fruits, occasionally flower nectar. Arthropods gleaned from canopy foliage, include caterpillars, beetles (... read more
Breeding
Adults with enlarged gonads during late Feb–Aug; an instance of nest-building in late Jun, and nestlings and recent fledglings in Apr... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near-threatened. More or less common where habitat remains, but has disappeared from substantial areas of range as a result of... read more
Has been proposed, on basis of molecular data suggesting paraphyly involving C. palawanensis, that nominate and race septentrionalis should be treated as separate species#R; however, characters distinguishing septentrionalis (slight yellow border to black “bib”, yellowish wash to crown, average smaller size, voice) all minor, intermediate forms with nominate exist in S of range#R, and the provenance of sampled material in molecular study has been questioned#R, so further work needed. Two subspecies recognized.