Chloropsis moluccensis (Blue-winged Leafbird)

Blue-winged Leafbird

Chloropsis moluccensis Gray, JE 1831

The blue-winged leafbird is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra. It previously included Jerdon's leafbird from the Indian Subcontinent, and the Bornean leafbird from northern Borneo as subspecies, but differs from both in measurements and morphology, with Jerdon's lacking any blue to the flight feathers, and Bornean having a distinctive male-like female plumage. The Javan leafbird, which is endemic to Java, was also formerly grouped with the species, but more recent phylogenetic studies have split both. The distribution of the blue-winged and the Bornean leafbird are known to approach each other, but there is no evidence of intergradation. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Irenidae
Genus:
   Chloropsis
Scientific:
  Chloropsis moluccensis

Original description

Citation:
Gray, JE 1831

Reference:
Zool. Miscell. (J.E. Gray) 1 p.33-34

Protonym:
Chloropsis moluccensis

Type locality:
Molucca = Malacca.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/198027#page/45/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
47CF4ED76ECDD199

Avibase ID:
avibase-47CF4ED7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/47CF4ED7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 925411

Geographic range:

Chloropsis moluccensis [moluccensis, icterocephala or natunensis]: southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and associated islands Bangka and Belitung, and the Natuna Islands
Chloropsis moluccensis kinneari: southwestern China (southern Yunnan) to eastern Thailand and northern Indochina
Chloropsis moluccensis chlorocephala: far eastern Bangladesh and northeastern India eastward to western Thailand
Chloropsis moluccensis serithai: peninsular Thailand southward to Isthmus of Kra
Chloropsis moluccensis viridinucha: Borneo
Chloropsis moluccensis auropectus: southeastern Thailand and southern Indochina
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Blue-winged Leafbird
Danish:
Sumatra Blåvinget Bladfugl
German:
Blauflügel-Blattvogel
Spanish:
Verdín aliazul
French:
Verdin à ailes bleues
Croatian:
plavokrila zelenka
Dutch:
Blauwvleugelbladvogel
Norwegian:
blåvingebladfugl
Polish:
zielenik błękitnoskrzydły
Portuguese:
verdim-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
verdinho-d'asa-azul
Slovak:
zelenáčik modrokrídly
Swedish:
blåvingad bladfågel
Chinese:
蓝翅叶鹎

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue-winged Leafbird [moluccensis] ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue-winged Leafbird [moluccensis] ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-winged Leafbird [moluccensis] ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-winged Leafbird [moluccensis] ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged) ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged) ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged) ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged) ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged) ( Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blue-winged Leafbird ( Chloropsis moluccensis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chloropsis [cochinchinensis or moluccensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Danish: Sumatra Blåvinget Bladfugl
German: Blauflügel-Blattvogel, Javablattvogel [moluccensis-Gruppe]
English: Blue-winged Leafbird, Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged), Blue-winged Leafbird [moluccensis]
English, HBW: Blue-winged Leafbird
English (IOC): Blue-winged Leafbird, Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged)
English (United States): Blue-winged Leafbird (Blue-winged)
Spanish: Verdín aliazul, Verdín Aliazul (grupo moluccensis)
Spanish (Spain): Verdín aliazul (grupo moluccensis)
French: Verdin à ailes bleues, Verdin à tête jaune (moluccensis), Verdin à tête jaune [moluccensis]
Croatian: plavokrila zelenka
Japanese (romaji): aobanekonohadori (moluccensis guru-pu)
Japanese: アオバネコノハドリ (moluccensis グループ), アオバネコノハドリ（moluccensis グループ）
Scientific: Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis Group], Chloropsis cochinchinensis [moluccensis], Chloropsis cochinchinensis moluccensis, Chloropsis moluccensis
Dutch: Blauwvleugelbladvogel
Norwegian: blåvingebladfugl, blåvingebladfugl (moluccensis gr.)
Polish: zielenik błękitnoskrzydły, zielenik maskowy [gr. moluccensis]
Portuguese: verdim-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): verdinho-d'asa-azul, verdinho-d'asa-azul [grupo moluccensis]
Russian: Голубокрылая листовка [группа moluccensis]
Slovak: zelenáčik modrokrídly, zelenáčik modrokrídly (skup.)
Swedish: blåvingad bladfågel, blåvingad bladfågel [gruppen moluccensis]
Thai: นกเขียวก้านตองปีกสีฟ้า (หน้าเหลือง)
Turkish: Cava yaprakkuşu [moluccensis grubu]
Chinese: 蓝翅叶鹎, 蓝翅叶鹎（黄头）