Orange-bellied leafbird

Orange-bellied leafbird
Male
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Chloropseidae
Genus:	Chloropsis
Species:	C. hardwickii
Binomial name
Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830

The orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) is a bird native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Yunnan and northern parts of Southeast Asia. The greyish-crowned leafbird, which is found in Hainan, is again considered conspecific. ^[2] The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.

Description

It is brightly coloured with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long, curved beak. It feeds on insects, spiders and nectar. Orange-bellied leafbirds make their nests from roots and fibers which are suspended from the edges of twigs at the end of a tree branch. They do not migrate.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Chloropsis hardwickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103775266A93992920. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103775266A93992920.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-05-27.

• Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks