Bornean Leafbird
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Bornean Leafbird | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Chloropseidae |
Genus: | Chloropsis |
Species: | C. kinabaluensis |
Binomial name | |
Chloropsis kinabaluensis Sharpe, 1887 | |
Synonyms | |
Chloropsis cochinchinensis kinabaluensis
Chloropsis cochinchinensis flavocincta | |
The Bornean Leafbird (Chloropsis kinabaluensis), also known as the Kinabalu Leafbird, is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is found in humid forests in northern Borneo, to which island it is endemic.[2] It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Blue-winged Leafbird (C. cochinchinensis), but differ in measurements and morphology, the female Borneon Leafbird having a distinctive male-like plumage. The distribution of the two are known to approach each other, but there is no evidence of intergradation.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Chloropsis kinabaluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Phillipps, Quentin; & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
- Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis kinabaluensis (Bornean Leafbird). pp. 264–265 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2005). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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