Bird ID Please

[Gajanan Bapat]

At Melghat Tiger Reserve

Jan 2013 ..

ID Please

canon 7D; 100-400 mm

f/7.1; 1/640 sec; ISO-160; 400mm; Handheld

[Divyaraj Shah]

Looks like the Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)..

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

It appears to me as a Male Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis).

[Race distributed in peninsular India which lacks blue in wing and tail, is treated as a species in The Ripley guide:Jerdon's Leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni)].
Nice image. Lovely contrast in colours. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Lovely shot...feeding behavior well captured

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice feeding pose captured. Good eye contact. Wish the light was less harsh. Giving a slight -ve EC would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this species. The green colour of the leaf bird merges with the leaves. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Prasad Dingankar]

with the hint of golden yellow visible on the head just below the eye in this Image, makes me go with Golden fronted leaf bird. One of my wish list. Shakti Da can you please further clarify with your reasoning?

Bapat Saheb, do you have any other image of this??.. just to confirm the ID.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

'Purple blue moustachical streaks' for Chloropsis cochinchinensis
vis-a-vis
'Purple and black chin and throat' for Chloropsis aurifrons

Prasad bhai, I appears to me that 'purple blue moustachical streak' is clear in the image. Many thanks.SaktiWild

[Prasad Dingankar]

'Purple blue moustachical streaks' for Chloropsis cochinchinensis
vis-a-vis
'Purple and black chin and throat' for Chloropsis aurifrons

Prasad bhai, I appears to me that 'purple blue moustachical streak' is clear in the image. Many thanks.SaktiWild

Thanks for the details ....
Prasad