Belongs within: Passerida.
Chloropsis, leafbirds, is a southern Asian genus of brightly coloured, predominantly green songbirds.
<==Chloropsis Jardine & Selby 1827 [incl. Phyllornis Temminck 1829; Chloropseidae]B94
| i. s.: C. chlorocephalaS89
| C. cyanopogonJT12
| C. flavipennisJT12
| C. jerdoniJT12 [=Phyllornis jerdoniB66]
| C. kinabaluensis Sharpe 1887JT12, L03 [=C. cochinchinensis kinabaluensisL03; incl. C. flavocincta Sharpe 1887L03]
| C. mediaJT12
| C. palawanensisJT12
| C. venustaJT12
|--C. cochinchinensisOF19 [=Phyllornis cochinchinensisB66]
`--+--C. hardwickiiBKB15
| |--C. h. hardwickiiVP89
| `--C. h. mellianaVP89
`--+--C. aurifronsBKB15
`--C. sonneratiBKB15
|--C. s. sonneratiL03
|--C. s. parvirostris Hartert 1838 [=C. zosterops parvirostris]L03
`--C. s. zosterops Vigors 1830 [incl. C. viridis viriditectus Hartert 1902]L03
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B66] Beavan, R. C. 1866. Extracts from a letter addressed to the Secretary relating his trip to Zwagaben, and discovery of Nemorhaedus sumatrensis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 2–4.
[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.
[OF19] Oliveros, C. H., D. J. Field, D. T. Ksepka, F. K. Barker, A. Aleixo, M. J. Andersen, P. Alström, B. W. Benz, E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, G. A. Bravo, R. T. Brumfield, R. T. Chesser, S. Claramunt, J. Cracraft, A. M. Cuervo, E. P. Derryberry, T. C. Glenn, M. G. Harvey, P. A. Hosner, L. Joseph, R. T. Kimball, A. L. Mack, C. M. Miskelly, A. T. Peterson, M. B. Robbins, F. H. Sheldon, L. F. Silveira, B. T. Smith, N. D. White, R. G. Moyle & B. C. Faircloth. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116 (16): 7916–7925.
[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 369–438.
[VP89] Viney, C., & K. Phillipps. 1989. Birds of Hong Kong 5th ed. Government Printer: Hong Kong.