See text The leafbirds (Chloropseidae) are a family of small passerine bird species found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

As presently defined, the leafbird family is monogeneric, with all species placed in the genus Chloropsis.

[2] They resemble bulbuls, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colour, leafbirds are brightly plumaged, with the predominant green over the body giving rise to their common name.

Within this requirement, they occupy all broadleaf forest types in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

[2] Some species join mixed feeding flocks now and then; others defend the blooming and fruiting trees and bushes where they forage.

[3] Unlike most tropical Asian passerines, the nests of leafbirds are not located low down in the forest, but are instead found on the ends of branches near the tree crown.

The nests are open cups; of the few known, they are built of fine stems, leaf parts and rootlets.

[2] Some hang from thin horizontal shoots of trees; in others the rim is attached to a pair of vertical twigs.