Black-breasted Parrotbill

Black-breasted Parrotbill

Taxobox
name = Black-breasted Parrotbill
status = VU
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Sylviidae
genus = "Paradoxornis"
species = "P. flavirostris"
binomial = "Paradoxornis flavirostris"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1836
The Black-breasted Parrotbill "(Paradoxornis flavirostris)" is a 19 cm long, large, thick-billed parrotbill with black patches on the head-sides and throat. Formerly considered a distinct family, the parrotbills are now placed with the typical warblers in the Sylviidae (Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006).

The bird is more or less brown all over, with an extensive black area on upper breast and uniform rufous-buff remainder of underparts. The similar Spot-breasted Parrotbill, a close relative, has arrow-shaped spotting on breast and pale buff underparts. The voice is a gruff "howh", "jeehw" or "jahw", the song a rhythmic series, "aw jahw jahw jahw" and "uhwi uhwi uhwi uhwi". Alternatively, a higher-pitched "wi chi'chi'chi'chi'chi, wi yi'yi'yi'yi'yi; wi'uwi-uwi-uwi wi chu-chu-chu" is given.(BLI 2006) "Paradoxornis flavirostris" is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and in modern times possibly the country of India, where it is known from the plains and foothills of the Brahmaputra valley in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Historically, it was also recorded in Bangladesh and possibly eastern Nepal. It used to be a fairly widespread and locally common species. There are, however, recent records from only three locations, one in Arunachal Pradesh and two in Assam, at one of which it appears to be common. There are les than 10.000 mature individuals believed to remain in the wild.(BLI 2006)

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

* BirdLife International (BLI) (2006): [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8049&m=0 Species factsheet: "Paradoxornis flavirostris"] . Retrieved 2007-APR-07.

* Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). "Zool. Scripta" 35(2): 149–186. doi|:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x (HTML abstract)

* Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) Pp. 292 - 321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. "Handbook of the Birds of the World", Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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