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Sumatran leafbird

Chloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)

ENEndangeredsongbirds

The sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) is a species in the family Chloropseidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.3 g to 40 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media)
Photo: Bonaparte, 1850 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sumatran leafbird

Weight
32.3 g – 40 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sumatran leafbird live?

Not recorded

What is the sumatran leafbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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).

From the Wikipedia article “Sumatran leafbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumatran_leafbird&oldid=1344537362), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the sumatran leafbird endangered?

The sumatran leafbird is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the sumatran leafbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyChloropseidae
  6. genusChloropsis
  7. SpeciesChloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)

Synonyms Chloropsis aurifrons media, Phyllornis media

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • verdet de SumatraCatalan
  • Sumatra BladfuglDanish
  • SumatrablattvogelGerman
  • Sumatra-GoldstirnblattvogelGerman
  • sumatra kloropseoEsperanto
  • Verdín de SumatraSpanish
  • koldlaup-viherlüüdikEstonian
  • برگپوش سوماتراPersian
  • turkoosikurkkulehviFinnish
  • Verdin de SumatraFrench
  • sumatranska zelenkaCroatian
  • Cica-daun dahi-emasIndonesian
  • Cicadaun Dahi-EmasIndonesian
  • Fogliarolo di SumatraItalian
  • スマトラコノハドリJapanese
  • sumatrinis žaliasis lapinukasLithuanian
  • Sumatraanse BladvogelDutch
  • gulpannebladfuglNorwegian
  • zielenik sumatrzańskiPolish
  • سماٹری پتر پنچھیWestern Panjabi
  • verdinho-de-samatraPortuguese
  • verdim-de-testa-amarelaPortuguese
  • Суматранская листовкаRussian
  • zelenáčik sumatranskýSlovak
  • Sumatranska listarkaSerbian
  • sumatrabladfågelSwedish
  • Sumatra YaprakkuşuTurkish
  • зеленчик суматранськийUkrainian
  • 苏门答腊叶鹎Chinese
  • 蘇門答臘金額葉鵯Chinese

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Relatives of the sumatran leafbird

Other species in the same genus Chloropsis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the sumatran leafbird?

An adult sumatran leafbird weighs 32.3 g – 40 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sumatran leafbird endangered?

The sumatran leafbird is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the sumatran leafbird?

The sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) belongs to the family Chloropseidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{sumatran_leafbird_2026,
  title = {Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumatran-leafbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}