Blue-winged Leafbird

About the Blue-winged Leafbird

The blue-winged leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra. It previously included Jerdon's leafbird from the Indian subcontinent, and the Bornean leafbird from northern Borneo as subspecies, but differs from both in measurements and morphology, with Jerdon's lacking any blue to the flight feathers, and Bornean having a distinctive male-like female plumage. The Javan leafbird, which is endemic to Java, was also formerly grouped with the species, but more recent phylogenetic studies have split both. The distribution of the blue-winged and the Bornean leafbird are known to approach…

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Where the Blue-winged Leafbird lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in Macao SAR China.

When to see the Blue-winged Leafbird

Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickiiIt 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. Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickiiIt 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. Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogonThe lesser green leafbird is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae.