Chloropsis jerdoni
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 Wilpattu National Park on a given day, based on 59 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 99th most-seen of the 169 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.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon's Leafbird in Wilpattu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–July, September and November–March, the lowest months. That is one of Wilpattu National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
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.
6th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Jerdon's Leafbird sightings, Wilpattu National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Minneriya National Park (Sri Lanka, about 30%), Udawalawe National Park (Sri Lanka, about 20%) and Yala National Park (Sri Lanka, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jerdon's Leafbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Wilpattu National Park (59 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.
