Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

• Chloropsis Jardine & Selby, 1827 Illustrations of ornithology 1 pl.5,text Turdus cochinchinensis Gmelin, 1789; Type by original designation
  • 1253. Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis Gray, 1831
    Original Description: Chloropsis moluccensis Gray, 1831 The zoological miscellany Part I p.33-34
    Taxonomy: Previously lumped with extralimital C. cochinchinensis.
    Alternative Names: Gold-mantled Chloropsis (with C. jerdoni)
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1253a. Chloropsis moluccensis chlorocephala (Walden, 1871) [HB#1108]
      Original Description: Phyllornis chlorocephalus Walden, 1871 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser. 4, vol. VII, N° 39 p.241
      Taxonomy: Includes chloreus Koelz 1954 from Hahim Bazar, Assam.
      Distribution: Brahmaputra plains of Assam and adjoining Arunachal, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH
  
  
  • 1254. Jerdon's Leafbird Chloropsis jerdoni (Blyth, 1844) [HB#1107]
    Original Description: Phyllornis jerdoni Blyth, 1844 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. 13, Part 1, N°149 p.392 (in text) (Continental India)
    Taxonomy: ZSI#35394 listed as type in ZSI register but the collection year is 1847 and from Medinipur (W Bengal).
    Alternative Names: Jerdon's Chloropsis
    Distribution: Entire peninsular India from E Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, C Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, S W Bengal, all the way south till the southern tip including W Ghats, and E Ghats; locally in W and E coastal plains as well as Deccan.
    Type Specimen: UMZC#27/Chl/2/b/2 (Syntype).
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMZC, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, YPM, TNHM, HYD
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
  
  
  • 1255. Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons (Temminck, 1829)
    Alternative Names: Gold-fronted Chloropsis, Golden-fronted Chloropsis
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1255a. Chloropsis aurifrons aurifrons (Temminck, 1829) [HB#1103]
      Original Description: Phyllornis aurifrons Temminck, 1829 Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.81 pl.484 (Cachar, Assam)
      Distribution: E Himachal, N Haryana, Uttarakhand, N Uttar Pradesh, N Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal, Assam, all NE hill states; a nearly disjunct population in EC India from C Madhya Pradesh, NE Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, S W Bengal, Odisha, and NE Andhra till about Godavari river.
      Type Specimen: UMZC#27/Chl/2/a/7 (Holotype).
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMZC, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, USNM, YPM, LKO, BNHM
    • 1255b. Chloropsis aurifrons frontalis (Pelzeln, 1856) [HB#1104]
      Original Description: Phyllornis frontalis Pelzeln, 1856 Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 69 (1) p.157, pl. 2, fig. 1 (Krishnapur [=Khelgate], N Karnataka)
      Taxonomy: Includes davidsoni Baker 1920, a new name for malabaricus Gmelin 1788 from Malabar. See Baidya & Bhagat (2018, 14 (1): 2) for resolution of the type locality; the type specimen apparently in Vienna Museum.
      Distribution: W Ghats from Surat Dangs and sporadically in adjacent coastal plains as well as transition areas on the Deccan side, south till about Palakkad gap as well as SE and CE Ghats till about Godavari river.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, USNM, YPM, MYS, LKO
    • 1255c. Chloropsis aurifrons insularis Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 [HB#1105]
      Original Description: Chloropsis aurifrons insularis Whistler & Kinnear, 1932 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 35 (4) p.752
      Taxonomy: A poorly distinguished subspecies; not always recognised as SW Ghats birds are rather intermediate in size compared to true insularis from Sri Lanka.
      Distribution: SW Ghats roughly south of Palakkad gap.
      Specimens: NHMUK, NHMO, TNHM
      Notes: Palakkad gap considered tentatively as the barrier between subspecies (Ali 1984, Birds of Kerala p. 303) though the species is also present locally in Palakkad gap and their subspecific status is unknown.
  
  
  • 1256. Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830
    Alternative Names: Orange-bellied Chloropsis
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Moderate. WLPA: Schedule-II.
    • 1256a. Chloropsis hardwickii hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830 [HB#1106]
      Original Description: Chloropsis Hardwickii Jardine & Selby, 1830 Illustrations of ornithology 2 Add. p.1
      Distribution: E Himachal, Uttarakhand, N Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal, and all NE hill states.
      Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, NHMUK, UMMZ, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, BNHM