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Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) (Male)

Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) males are green-bodied with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat. It has a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, and young birds are like the female but without the blue throat patch.Like other leafbirds, the call of Jerdon's leafbird consists of a rich mixture of imitations of the calls of various other species of birds. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the blue-winged leafbird , but differ in measurements and morphology, it lacking the blue flight feathers for which the blue-winged leafbird was name.

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Uploaded on December 17, 2020
Taken on April 28, 2018