Leafbirds, all of which belong to genus Chloropsis, resemble bulbuls; but leafbirds are brightly plumaged. Leafbirds usually feed in the canopy, eating insects and some fruit and nectar. Their predominant color is green and thus it is hard to see them in the leaves, hence their name. The male leafbird has a distinct mask, while the female's is less bold or nonexistent. Their nests are found on the ends of branches near the tree crown. They are found in broadleaf forests in south and southeast Asia.
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Genus Chloropsis
Leafbird,_Blue-winged Chloropsis cochinchinensis Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia
The male Blue-winged Leafbird has green body; yellow tinged head; black face, throat; blue wing. Female has greener head; blue throat, wings.
Similar to: Sumatran Leafbird. Female Sumatran Leafbird has no blue to wings and tail while female Blue-winged Leafbird does.
Image by: 1, 4)
Lip Kee - Singapore 2) Panji_Gusti_Akbar 3) JJ_Harrison - Thailand 5) Dick Daniels - the North Carolina
Zoo 6, 7) Ansel.MaSimilar to: Sumatran Leafbird. Female Sumatran Leafbird has no blue to wings and tail while female Blue-winged Leafbird does.
1 - 3) Female 4 - 7) Male
Leafbird,_Bornean Chloropsis kinabaluensis Found: Borneo (Indonesia)
The Bornean Leafbird has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the blue-winged Leafbird. The female Borneon Leafbird has a distinctive male-like plumage.
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) David_Cook
Leafbird,_Golden-fronted Chloropsis aurifrons Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia
The Golden-fronted Leafbird has mainly green plumage; Male has blue throat with heavy black border; orange forehead. Female very similar to male.
Similar to: Sumatran Leafbird. Male Golden-fronted Leafbird has orange forehead; male Sumatran Leafbird has yellow forehead.
Image by: 1) Sai Adikarla 2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3) Sumeet Moghe 4) Koshy_KoshySimilar to: Sumatran Leafbird. Male Golden-fronted Leafbird has orange forehead; male Sumatran Leafbird has yellow forehead.
1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
Leafbird,_Greater Green Chloropsis sonnerati Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand
The Greater Green Leefbird has mainly green plumage. Male has black mask and throat patch Female has whitish eye-ring; yellow throat.
Similar to: Lesser Green Leafbird. Female Greater Green Leafbird has whitish eye-ring; female Lesser Green Leafbird does not. Male Lesser Green Leafbird has yellowish border of black mask.
Image by: 1) Vil Sandi 2) Doug_Janson 3) Longman Similar to: Lesser Green Leafbird. Female Greater Green Leafbird has whitish eye-ring; female Lesser Green Leafbird does not. Male Lesser Green Leafbird has yellowish border of black mask.
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Leafbird,_Jerdon's Chloropsis jerdoni Found: India, Sri Lanka
The male Jerdon's Leafbird has mainly green plumage; yellowish head; black face, throat; blue moustachial line. The female has a greener head; blue throat or malar; black lores.
Image by: 1) Thimindu Goonatillake 2, 3) Vijay Ismavel1) Female 2, 3) Male
Leafbird,_Lesser Green Chloropsis cyanopogon Found: in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand
The Lesser Green Leafbird has mainly green plumage. Male has black mask and throat patch with yellowish border. Female has whitish eye-ring, yellow throat.
Similar to: Greater Green Leafbird. Female Greater Green Leafbird has whitish eye-ring; female Lesser Green Leafbird does not. Male Lesser Green Leafbird has yellowish border of black mask.
Image by: 1) Sergey Pisarevskiy - Borneo (Malaysia 2) Jason_Thompson - Thailand 3) Mark Benedict - Borneo Similar to: Greater Green Leafbird. Female Greater Green Leafbird has whitish eye-ring; female Lesser Green Leafbird does not. Male Lesser Green Leafbird has yellowish border of black mask.
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1, 2) Female 3) Male
Leafbird,_Orange-bellied Chloropsis hardwickii Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia
The Orange-bellied Leafbird has an orange belly; green back; blue tail. Male has black mask, bib; blue moustache. Female has blue face.
Image by: 1, 2) Davis Kwan 3) Charles Lamb 4) Ray Cui1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Leafbird,_ Sumatran Chloropsis media Found: Sumatra in Indonesia
The Sumatran Leafbird has mainly green plumage; Male has blue throat with heavy black border; yellow forehead.
Similar to: Golden-fronted Leafbird. Male Golden-fronted Leafbird has orange forehead; male Sumatran Leafbird has yellow forehead.
Similar to: Blue-winged Leafbird. Female Sumatran Leafbird has no blue to wings and tail while female Blue-winged Leafbird does.
Image by: gerckensSimilar to: Golden-fronted Leafbird. Male Golden-fronted Leafbird has orange forehead; male Sumatran Leafbird has yellow forehead.
Similar to: Blue-winged Leafbird. Female Sumatran Leafbird has no blue to wings and tail while female Blue-winged Leafbird does.
Leafbird,_Yellow-throated Chloropsis palawanensis Found: Palawan in the Philippines.
The Yellow-throated Leafbird has green upperparts; yellow throat; yellowish-green underparts.
Image by: 1) Luis Limchiu 2) Nick_Athanas
These are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, fairy-bluebirds are sexually dimorphic, with the males being dark blue in plumage, and the females duller green. These species eat fruit, especially figs, and possibly some insects. They lay two to three eggs in a tree nest.
Genus Irena
Fairy-bluebird, Asian Irena puella Found: Asia
Image by: 1, 2, 5) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 3) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo 4, 8) Dick Daniels - National Aviary 6) Sandy - the North Carolina Zoo 7) Curtzsi
1 - 4) Female 5 - 8) Male
Fairy-bluebird, Philippine Irena cyanogastra Found: Philippines
Image by: 1) John Gerrard Keulemans 2) Neon Rosell
The nicators are shrike-like birds. They have heavy hooked bills. The plumage of the genus is overall olive on the backs, tail and wings, with yellow spotting on the wings, and lighter grey or whitish undersides.
Genus Nicator
Nicator, Eastern Found: Africa
The Eastern Nicator has a discontinuous distribution in East Africa from Somalia south to eastern South Africa.
Similar to: Western Nicator. Western Nicator has olive-green face and crown. Best identifed by range and vocatlization.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Alan Manson 3) Steve_GarvieSimilar to: Western Nicator. Western Nicator has olive-green face and crown. Best identifed by range and vocatlization.
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Nicator, Western Nicator chloris Found: Africa
The Western Nicator has a mostly continuous distribution from Senegal to eastern Uganda and northern Angola.
Similar to: Eastern Nicator. Western Nicator has olive-green face and crown. Best identifed by range and vocatlization.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Charles_J_Sharp - Uganda 3) Tom Tarrant 4) Bernard_Dupont Similar to: Eastern Nicator. Western Nicator has olive-green face and crown. Best identifed by range and vocatlization.
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2) Juvenile
Nicator,_Yellow-throated Nicator vireo Found: Africa
The Yellow-throated Nicator is distributed in central Africa from Cameroon to Uganda.
Image by: 1) Haller1962 2) Bohm 3) Julie De Wilde 
