Chloropsis jerdoni
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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. They are very shy of water, will only come down to drink for very short periods and are quick to flee.
BirdLife Species Factsheet. BirdLife International. Accessed 2008-06-25. Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis jerdoni (Jerdon's Leafbird). P. 264 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2005). Handbook... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Mysuru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Nagpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Leafbird sighting in Jamshedpur on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 54th most-seen of the 66 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Leafbird in Jamshedpur on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June, August and October–November, the lowest months. September has too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jerdon's 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.
Yes
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Jerdon's Leafbird sightings, Jamshedpur has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Thrissur (India, about 10%) and Mysuru (India, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Jerdon's Leafbird that you can see in Jamshedpur (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are House Crow (about 90%), Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 70%) and Black Drongo (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jerdon's Leafbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Jamshedpur (7 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.
