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Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media)

About Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Leafbirds

The Sumatran leafbird is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is endemic to forest and plantations in Sumatra in Indonesia. It has often been included as a subspecies of the golden-fronted leafbird, but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran leafbird having a yellow forehead, and the female resembling a female blue-winged leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail.

Source: Wikipedia

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