Orange-bellied leafbird
| Orange-bellied leafbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Chloropseidae |
| Genus: | Chloropsis |
| Species: | C. hardwickii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby , 1830 | |
The orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) is a
naturalist Thomas Hardwicke
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Description
It is brightly coloured with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long, curved beak. It feeds on insects, spiders and nectar. Orange-bellied leafbirds make their nests from roots and fibers which are suspended from the edges of twigs at the end of a tree branch. They do not migrate.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks
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