The orange-bellied leafbird (''Chloropsis hardwickii'') is a bird native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Yunnan and northern parts of Southeast Asia. The greyish-crowned leafbird, which is found in Hainan, was formerly considered conspecific. The scientific name commemorates the English naturalist Thomas Hardwicke.

Description

It is brightly coloured with an orange belly, a green back, a blue tail and flight feathers, and a black and blue patch over its throat and chest. It has a long, curved beak. It feeds on insects, spiders and

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. Orange-bellied leafbirds make their nests from roots and fibers which are suspended from the edges of twigs at the end of a tree branch. They do not

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References

*''Birds of the World'' by Colin Harrison and Alan Greensmith, Eyewitness Handbooks orange-bellied leafbird Birds of Bhutan Birds of Nepal Birds of Northeast India Birds of Laos Birds of Myanmar Birds of Thailand Birds of Yunnan orange-bellied leafbird Taxa named by Sir William Jardine orange-bellied leafbird {{passeri-stub