Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis), recorded as Endangered
Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Javan leafbird

Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis

Javan leafbird is a perching bird in the family Chloropseidae (order Passeriformes) — Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis, recorded as Endangered and tied to Indonesia.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis
Recorded from
Indonesia
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Chloropseidae · Chloropsis

The perching bird

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

The Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) is a leafbird found in old-growth and second growth forests in Java.

GBIF currently lists 168 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Habitat labels include lowland forest and secondary forest.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Javan leafbird is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Javan leafbird — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q27632914 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati), recorded as EndangeredEN

Greater Green Leafbird

Chloropsis sonnerati
Photograph of Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Javan leafbird

Chloropsis cochinchinensis
Photograph of Sumatran Leafbird (Chloropsis media), recorded as EndangeredEN

Sumatran Leafbird

Chloropsis media
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Quick answers

What is Javan leafbird?
Javan leafbird is a perching bird in the family Chloropseidae (order Passeriformes) — Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis.
What is the conservation status of Javan leafbird?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Javan leafbird live?
The Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) is a leafbird found in old-growth and second growth forests in Java.
Why is Javan leafbird in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Chloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Javan leafbird a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.