Blue-masked Leafbird

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Blue-masked Leafbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Chloropseidae
Genus: Chloropsis
Species: C. venusta
Binomial name
Chloropsis venusta
(Bonaparte, 1850)

The Blue-masked Leafbird (Chloropsis venusta) is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is endemic to humid montane forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is the smallest species of leafbird.

It is considered near threatened due to habitat loss.

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