Alternative names: Yellow-billed Leafbird; Yellow-quilled Leafbird
- Chloropsis flavipennis
Identification
18.8 - 19cm.
- Grass-green plumage
- Pale cream-yellow eyelid rim and lores
- Creamy yellow wing side
- Cream-yellow chin and throat mergin into bright-yellow green underparts
- Dark horn-coloured bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to the southern Philippines.
Found on Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Mindanao.
A rare to very rare restricted-range species, probably extinct on Cebu, Samar and Leyte, only few recent records from western Mindanao.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
The described subspecies mindanensis is usually not accepted.
Habitat
Lowland forest. Occurs from 100 to 970m.
Behaviour
No information on diet.
Breeding recorded in June and August. No other information.
A resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Philippine Leafbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Philippine_Leafbird
