Lesser Green Leafbird

Lesser Green Leafbird

Chloropsis cyanopogon

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kinabalu Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

148 Verified sightings at Kinabalu Park From 2019 to 2026
2,711 In all 7 parks
October 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 Kinabalu Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 148 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 88th most-seen of the 247 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lesser Green Leafbird in Kinabalu Park?

March–May, August–October and December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Green Leafbird in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, June–July and November, the lowest months.

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.

Is Kinabalu Park the best place to see a Lesser Green Leafbird?

6th of 7

Of the 7 parks where we can rate Lesser Green Leafbird sightings, Kinabalu Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Luang National Park (Thailand, about 50%), Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 50%) and Sepilok (Malaysia, about 40%).

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 Kinabalu Park (148 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.

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