Black-breasted Parrotbill
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| Paradoxornis flavirostrisis Gould, 1836 |
The Black-breasted Parrotbill (Paradoxornis flavirostrisis) is a 19 cm long, large, thick-billed parrotbill with black patches on the head-sides and throat. Extensive black area on upper breast and uniform rufous-buff remainder of underparts. The similar Spot-breasted Parrotbill P. guttaticollis has arrow-shaped spotting on breast and pale buff underparts. The voice is gruff howh, jeehw and jahw notes, sometimes rhythmic series aw jahw jahw jahw and uhwi uhwi uhwi uhwi. Also higher-pitched series wi chi'chi'chi'chi'chi, wi yi'yi'yi'yi'yi; wi'uwi-uwi-uwi wi chu-chu-chu.
Population estimate, Country endemic?, 2,500-9,999. Paradoxornis flavirostris is endemic to the Indian subcontinent, where it is known from the plains and foothills of the Brahmaputra valley in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, north-east India. Historically, it was also recorded in Bangladesh and possibly eastern Nepal. Formerly described as locally common, there are recent records from just three sites, one in Arunachal Pradesh and two in Assam, at one of which it appears to be common.
