jerdon's leafbird

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beatiful as always love reading the info on these birds xx

Thanks paula bettam ....

PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 377 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..JERDON'S LEAFBIRD [From a Photograph of MEGH ROYCHOUDHURY]... ....WATERCOLOUR...A4...2014... The Jerdon's leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) is a species of leafbird found in forest and woodland in India and Sri Lanka. Its name honours Thomas C. Jerdon. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the blue-winged leafbird (C. cochinchinensis), but differ in measurements and morphology, it lacking the blue flight feathers for which the blue-winged leafbird was named. It builds its nest in a tree, and lays 2-3 eggs. This species eats insects, fruit and nectar. The male is green-bodied with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat. It has a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, and young birds are like the female but without the blue throat patch. Like other leafbirds, the call of Jerdon's leafbird consists of a rich mixture of imitations of the calls of various other species of birds.[INFO : WIKIPEDIA]