Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops

(Vigors & Horsfield, 1830)

Vernacular names
English : Greater green leafbird
French : Verdin de Sonnerat

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Chloropseidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known

Identification
Largest leafbird with bigger and longer black bill. Black facial mask with faint dark blue line. Rest of plumage bright dark green. Female has yellow eyering and no facial mask.

Range and habitat
Subspecies occurs from south Myanmar and southwest Thailand to Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. Found in canopy of forests, peatswamp forests, tall back mangroves, plantations.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : ENDANGERED
CITES : Not Listed
Status : Populations are declining alarmingly because of habitat loss. Subspecies from Java is traded in unsustainable numbers and close to extinction. Targeted by conservation breeding program.
Ex-Situ Programs : EEP in Europe

Observation
Pata Zoo (Thailand)

 

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