Orange-bellied leafbird

Orange-bellied leafbird
Male (♂) of the species
Female (♀) of the species
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Chloropseidae
Genus:	Chloropsis
Species:	C. hardwickii
Binomial name
Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830

The orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) is a bird native to the eastern Himalayas and south China to the Malay Peninsula. It is brightly colored with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long, curved beak. It feeds on insects, spiders and nectar. Orange-bellied leafbirds make their nests from roots and fibers which are suspended from the edges of twigs at the end of a tree branch. They do not migrate.

The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.

Back of the orange-bellied leafbird

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chloropsis hardwickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

• Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks