What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Orange-bellied Leafbird been recorded?

Chloropsis hardwickii occurrence evidence comes from 128 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2026. Most records come from Thailand.

Orange-bellied Leafbird
Orange-bellied Leafbird — Photo (display-sized rendition): Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesChloropseidaeChloropsis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

128 records across 10 countries and territories, 1900–2026.

Chloropsis hardwickii · GBIF taxon key 5230728

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: December.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19002026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Orange-bellied Leafbird has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Orange-bellied Leafbird. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Thailand 46
India 26
Vietnam 11
Laos 10
Malaysia 10
Bhutan 7
Nepal 6
China 5
Hong Kong 4
United States 3
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.