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Birds

Blue-winged
Leafbird

Endangered

Decreasing

Blue-winged Leafbird

Chloropsis cochinchinensis

The Blue-winged Leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth from far north-eastern India and throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as Java.

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.

The superficially similar Golden-fronted Leafbird lacks blue in the flight feathers and tail, and has a golden forehead. As in other leafbirds, the call of the Blue-winged Leafbird consists of a rich mixture of imitations of the calls of various other species of birds.

Blue-winged Chloropsis

Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    নীলডানা পাতা বুলবুলি
  • Malayalam:
    നാടൻ ഇലക്കിളി
  • Tamil:
    பச்சைக் குருவி
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
CHLOROPSEIDAE
Chloropsis cochinchinensis

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