Javan leafbird

Chloropsis cochinchinensis

The Javan leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) is a bird found in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia. It eats fruit, insects and other small invertebrates and nectar. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Chloropsis cochinchinensis
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia

🏡 Where the Javan leafbird lives

Found in Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit50%
🐛 Insects & bugs40%
🌸 Nectar10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 24 grams. It mostly eats fruit and insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by Mike Nelson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC204106. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Javan leafbird

Where does the Javan leafbird live?

The Javan leafbird lives in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia.

What does the Javan leafbird eat?

fruit (about 50%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), nectar (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Javan leafbird endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.