Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Leafbirds no image yet Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Chloropseidae Genus Chloropsis The Leafbirds are a family of small passerine bird species found in India and southeast Asia. They one of only two bird families that are entirely endemic to the Indomalayan ecozone. They where formerly grouped with the ioras in the family Irenidae. These are bulbul-like forest birds, but whereas that group tends to be drab in coloration, leafbirds are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows. Leafbirds eat fruit and nectar with some insects. They have a spiked tongue, adapted to nectar feeding. They lay 2-3 eggs in a tree nest. Family: Chloropseidae Philippine Leafbird, Chloropsis flavipennis Yellow-throated Leafbird, Chloropsis palawanensis Greater Green Leafbird, Chloropsis sonnerati Lesser Green Leafbird, Chloropsis cyanopogon Blue-winged Leafbird, Chloropsis cochinchinensis Golden-fronted Leafbird, Chloropsis aurifrons Orange-bellied Leafbird, Chloropsis hardwickii Blue-masked Leafbird Chloropsis venusta This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.