Sumatran leafbird

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Sumatran leafbird
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Chloropseidae
Genus: Chloropsis
Species:
C. media
Binomial name
Chloropsis media
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Chloropsis aurifrons media

The Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is endemic to forest and plantations in Sumatra in Indonesia. It has often been included as a subspecies of the golden-fronted leafbird (C. aurifrons), but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran leafbird having a yellow (not deep orange) forehead, and the female resembling a female blue-winged leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail (very different from the golden-fronted leafbird, where the male and female are very similar).

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Chloropsis media". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T22732267A156989848. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22732267A156989848.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.