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Yellow-throated leafbird

Chloropsis palawanensis (Sharpe, 1877)

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The yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis) is a species in the family Chloropseidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 29.3 g to 31.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis)
Photo: Luis V. Limchiu, Jr. · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-throated leafbird

Weight
29.3 g – 31.9 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-throated leafbird live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-throated leafbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae.

It is endemic to the Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. Along with the Philippine leafbird, it is one of the two endemic leafbirds in the country.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-throated leafbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-throated_leafbird&oldid=1369445338), 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 yellow-throated leafbird endangered?

The yellow-throated leafbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the yellow-throated leafbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyChloropseidae
  6. genusChloropsis
  7. SpeciesChloropsis palawanensis (Sharpe, 1877)

Synonyms Phyllornis palawanensis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • verdet golagrocCatalan
  • sýkavka palawanskáCzech
  • aderyn dail PalawanWelsh
  • Palawan BladfuglDanish
  • PalawanblattvogelGerman
  • Palawan-BlattvogelGerman
  • palavana kloropseoEsperanto
  • Verdín de PalawanSpanish
  • palawani viherlüüdikEstonian
  • palawaninlehviFinnish
  • Verdin de PalawanFrench
  • žutogrla zelenkaCroatian
  • palawani levélmadárHungarian
  • Fogliarolo di PalawanItalian
  • Fogliarolo golagiallaItalian
  • パラワンコノハドリJapanese
  • palavaninis žaliasis lapinukasLithuanian
  • PalawanbladvogelDutch
  • gulstrupebladfuglNorwegian
  • zielenik palawańskiPolish
  • verdinho-de-garganta-amarelaPortuguese
  • melro-de-água-de-garganta-amarelaPortuguese
  • Палаванская листовкаRussian
  • zelenáčik žltohrdlýSlovak
  • palawanbladfågelSwedish
  • Palavan YaprakkuşuTurkish
  • зеленчик палаванськийUkrainian
  • 黄喉叶鹎Chinese
  • 巴拉旺葉鵯Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-throated 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 yellow-throated leafbird?

An adult yellow-throated leafbird weighs 29.3 g – 31.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-throated leafbird endangered?

The yellow-throated leafbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow-throated leafbird?

The yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis) belongs to the family Chloropseidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-leafbird

MLA

“Yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-leafbird.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_throated_leafbird_2026,
  title = {Yellow-throated leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-throated-leafbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}