Greater Green Leafbird

Chloropsis sonnerati

Family: Leafbirds · Status: Uncommon resident · Size: 20.5–22.5 cm · Conservation: Endangered

Range

Resident across the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.

Identification

Male all green with black face and stout, hook-tipped bill; cobalt-blue flash along throat. Female lacks black mask, with yellow throat and narrow eyering sharply demarcated from green plumage. Juvenile resembles female but has a yellowish submoustachial band. Larger and heavier billed than Lesser Green Leafbird. Females distinguished from Lesser Green Leafbird by presence of narrow eyering. Blue-winged Leafbird is distinguished smaller size and conspicuous blue wing panel and blue sides to tail, which both sexes of Greater Green Leafbird lack.

Habitat

Canopy and edges of lowland evergreen and peat-swamp forest; also well-grown secondary forest.

Behaviour

Forages alone or in pairs for fruits, arthropods, and nectar; may join mixed-species insectivore flocks.