Lesser Green Leafbird

Lesser Green Leafbird

Chloropsis cyanopogon

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kuala Lumpur

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

245 Verified sightings at Kuala Lumpur
2,711 In all 7 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Lesser Green Leafbird

The lesser green leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:08

Malaysia · 2025

© Étienne Leroy · XC1076683 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:23

Malaysia · 2025

© Ding Li Yong · XC971349 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song1:07

Malaysia · 2019

© Marc Anderson · XC1041852 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~50%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~50%
3 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
4 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
~10%
5 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
7 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Green Leafbird in Kuala Lumpur?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 245 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lesser Green Leafbird in Kuala Lumpur?

February and March

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Lesser Green Leafbird?

Between 2 and 5 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Green Leafbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Lesser Green Leafbird?

Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data

Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesser Green Leafbird sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Lesser Green Leafbird sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Lesser Green Leafbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuala Lumpur (245 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.

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