The Sumatran leafbird (Chloropsis media) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is endemic to forest and plantations in Sumatra in Indonesia. It has often been included as a subspecies of the golden-fronted leafbird (C. aurifrons), but the two differ extensively in, among others, morphology, with the male of the Sumatran leafbird having a yellow (not deep orange) forehead, and the female resembling a female blue-winged leafbird, but with a yellowish forecrown and no blue to the wings and tail (very different from the golden-fronted leafbird, where the male and female are very similar).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Chloropseidae |
| Genus: | Chloropsis |
| Species: | C. media
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| Binomial name | |
| Chloropsis media (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Chloropsis aurifrons media | |
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Chloropsis media". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22732267A156989848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22732267A156989848.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Wells, D. R. (2005). Chloropsis media (Sumatran Leafbird). P. 266 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2005). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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