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Sumatran leafbird

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Chloropseidae

Scientific name
  
Chloropsis media

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Chloropsis

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Bornean leafbird, Blue‑masked leafbird, Golden‑fronted leafbird, Philippine leafbird, Black‑fronted flowerpecker

Cucak ijo kepala kuning choropsis media sumatran leafbird by efryantoni bengkulu september 2013


The Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. 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).

References

Sumatran leafbird Wikipedia