Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis ranges northeast India to Borneo and Sumatra, with kinneari in western and southern Yunnan (Ruili, Xishuangbanna). HABITAT Primary and old secondary forests, to 1500 m (4,920 ft.). ID & COMPARISON Male has turquoise flight feathers and tail. Golden-fronted Leafbird C. aurifrons lacks blue on flight feathers and tail and Orange-bellied Leafbird C. hardwickii has deep blue flight feathers and tail. Mantle, back, rump, and underparts apple-green. Moustachial stripe blue. Mask and throat black and encircled by yellow halo (sometimes showing a yellow hood). Female has moustachial line but is duller blue on wings and tail; some have bluish throat. Juvenile almost completely green but can show yellow “spectacles.” BARE PARTS Bill black; feet grey. VOICE Call a cheerful stream of whistles, buzzes, and chirps, often in imitation. — Craig Brelsford
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Daniel Bengtsson served as chief ornithological consultant for Craig Brelsford’s Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of China, from which this species description is drawn.
