Chloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Chloropsis media, Kerinci Seblat, ID, 2007-08-02 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) 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 (C. aurifrons), but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran leafbird having a yellow (not deep orange) forehead, and the female resembling a female blue-winged leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail (very different from the golden-fronted leafbird, where the male and female are very similar).
Wikipedia contributors, Sumatran leafbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:49:52.942771+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Name authority
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Chloropseidae
- Genus
- Chloropsis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyChloropseidae Wetmore, 1960
- genusChloropsis Jardine & Selby, 1827
- speciesChloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chloropsis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chloropsis jerdoni (Blyth, 1844) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis cochinchinensis (Gmelin, 1789) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-masked LeafbirdChloropsis venusta (Bonaparte, 1850) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine LeafbirdChloropsis flavipennis (Tweeddale, 1878) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon (Temminck, 1830) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830 | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Green LeafbirdChloropsis sonnerati Jardine & Selby, 1827 | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916738 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XXJH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.