Bornean Leafbird
| 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 |
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| Synonyms | |
| Chloropsis cochinchinensis kinabaluensis
Chloropsis cochinchinensis flavocincta |
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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. 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 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- 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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