Chloropsis jerdoni
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Leafbird sighting in Mysuru on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 106th most-seen of the 178 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Leafbird in Mysuru on a given day, against under 5% in January–September and November, the lowest months.
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.
3rd of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Jerdon's Leafbird sightings, Mysuru ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Jamshedpur (India, about 10%) and Thrissur (India, about 10%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Jerdon's Leafbird that you can see in Mysuru (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Red-whiskered Bulbul (about 70%), Purple-rumped Sunbird (about 70%) and Ashy Prinia (about 60%), 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 Mysuru (113 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.
