Chloropsis hardwickii
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii) is a bird native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Yunnan and northern parts of Southeast Asia. The greyish-crowned leafbird, which is found in Hainan, is again considered conspecific. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.
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.
Birds of the World by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 2 | Philadelphia Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 4 | Edward Youde Aviary | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Leafbird sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 139th most-seen of the 204 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Leafbird in Hong Kong on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-bellied Leafbird sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
5th of 6
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Orange-bellied Leafbird sightings, Hong Kong ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 20%), Hangzhou (China, under 5%) and Kathmandu (Nepal, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Orange-bellied Leafbird that you can see in Hong Kong (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 90%), Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 80%) and Swinhoe’s White-eye (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-bellied Leafbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Hong Kong (20 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
