---
title: "Greater Green Leafbird"
description: "Chloropsis sonnerati — Birds. The greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/greater-green-leafbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Green Leafbird

> Chloropsis sonnerati — Birds. The greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae.

- Scientific name: *Chloropsis sonnerati*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 809
- Wikidata: [Q795519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795519)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12010](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12010)

## Names

- en: Greater Green Leafbird
- de: Dickschnabelblattvogel
- es: Verdín de Sonnerat
- fr: Verdin de Sonnerat
- nl: Diksnavelbladvogel
- pl: Zielenik duży

## Countries with the most observations

MY (302), TH (105), SG (84), ID (36)

## Summary

The greater green leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) is a species of bird in the family Chloropseidae. It is distinguished from the lesser green leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) by its powerful beak, yellow throat and eye ring of the female; and lack of a yellow border along the black throat patch found in the male C. cyanopogan.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. In Indonesia, it is found in Sumatra, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Java and Bali.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, mainly old-growth forest…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_green_leafbird

## Photo

![Greater Green Leafbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-green-leafbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227495103

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-green-leafbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).