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title: "Blauflügelblattvogel"
description: "Chloropsis moluccensis — Vögel. The blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis) is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/blue-winged-leafbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauflügelblattvogel

> Chloropsis moluccensis — Vögel. The blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis) is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra.

- Scientific name: *Chloropsis moluccensis*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 1635
- iNaturalist taxon: [1506947](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1506947)

## Names

- en: Blue-winged Leafbird
- de: Blauflügelblattvogel
- es: Verdín Aliazul
- fr: Verdin à ailes bleues

## Countries with the most observations

MY (431), TH (374), VN (166), SG (93), CN (68), HK (60), ID (60), IN (52), KH (48), MM (12), BD (5), LA (4)

## Summary

The blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis) is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as southern Sumatra. It previously included Jerdon's leafbird (C. jerdoni) from the Indian subcontinent, and the Bornean leafbird (C. kinabaluensis) from northern Borneo as subspecies, but differs from both in measurements and morphology, with Jerdon's lacking any blue to the flight feathers, and Bornean having a distinctive male-like female plumage. The Javan leafbird (C. cochinchinensis), which is endemic to Java, was also formerly grouped with…

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

## Photo

![Blauflügelblattvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-winged-leafbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirela · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165808252

## Machine access

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