Orange-bellied leafbird
| Orange-bellied leafbird | |
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| Male (♂) of the species | |
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| Female (♀) of the species | |
| 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 eastern Himalayas and south China to the Malay Peninsula. 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.
Back of the orange-bellied leafbird
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chloropsis hardwickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks
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