Chloropsis hardwickii
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Leafbird sighting in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, based on 738 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-bellied Leafbird in Doi Inthanon National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–April and June–September, the lowest months. That is one of Doi Inthanon National Park's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 340 mm in August.
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.
3rd of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Orange-bellied Leafbird sightings, Doi Inthanon National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Royal Manas National Park (Bhutan, about 50%) and Namdapha National Park (India, about 30%).
Same genus: Chloropsis
The closest relatives of the Orange-bellied Leafbird that you can see in Doi Inthanon National Park (genus Chloropsis, Leafbirds) are Golden-fronted Leafbird (about 10%) and Blue-winged Leafbird (about 10%), 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 Doi Inthanon National Park (738 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
