Greater Green Leafbird
Chloropsis sonnerati Jardine & Selby, 1827
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is distinguished from the lesser green leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) by its powerful beak, yellow throat and eye ring of the female; and lack of a yellow border along the black throat patch found in the male C. cyanopogan.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. In Indonesia, it is found in Sumatra, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Java and Bali.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, mainly old-growth forest but also secondary forest and edges.
It moves quite conspicuously at the canopy level, jumping between branches and flying from tree to tree. It often visits fruiting fig trees, but also takes insects and small invertebrates.
The greater green leafbird has a loud voice, consisting of an ascending whistle chee-zi-chee.
The species is threatened by trapping for the cage bird trade and has become rare or even disappeared in large parts of its range.
Wikipedia contributors, Greater green leafbird; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:52:06.000542+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chloropsis sonnerati Jardine & Selby, 1827
- Name authority
- Jardine & Selby, 1827
- Common name
- Greater Green Leafbird
- 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 sonnerati Jardine & Selby, 1827
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 media (Bonaparte, 1850) | ChloropseidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 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 |
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=559230 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:5Y9JQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.