Sumatran Leafbird
Photo: James Eaton · CC0

Leafbirds

Sumatran Leafbird

Chloropsis media

ENEndangered Endemic to Indonesia
Family
Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is endemic to forest and plantations in Sumatra in Indonesia. It has often been included as a subspecies of the golden-fronted leafbird (C. aurifrons), but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran leafbird having a yellow (not deep orange) forehead, and the female resembling a female blue-winged leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail (very different from the golden-fronted leafbird, where the male and female are very similar).

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Sumatra.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.