Pale-billed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris)

Other Names (World)
Pale-billed Parrotbill, Black-browed Parrotbill, Black-browed Crowtit, Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill, Lesser Red-headed Parrotbill, Lesser Red-headed Suthora

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
15 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Godwin-Austen, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From 215 - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan, China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Pale-billed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris) [XC894832]
by id from Namdapha National Park, India (call)

Pale-billed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris) [XC694213]
by Toby Trung from Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park (Doi Lang East), Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed together with Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillata), Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana), Brown-winged Parrotbill (Sinosuthora brunnea), Ashy-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora alphonsiana), Grey-hooded Parrotbill (Sinosuthora zappeyi), Rusty-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora przewalskii), Fulvous Parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons), Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis) and Golden Parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi) in a separate genus, Suthora. Racial identity of birds in western Arunachal Pradesh (west of R Dihang), in north-eastern India, uncertain, presumed to belong with oatesi.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

oatesi (Sharpe, 1903) - North-eastern India (Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh west of R Dihang) and Bhutan.
atrosuperciliaris (Godwin-Austen, 1877) - North-eastern India (eastern Arunachal Pradesh east of R Dihang, south to Nagaland, southern Assam, extreme eastern Meghalaya and Mizoram) east to northern Myanmar and adjacent southern China (western Yunnan), disjunctly also in eastern part of southern Myanmar and north-western Thailand, and northern (eastern part) and central (north-eastern part) Laos and extreme northern Vietnam (northern parts of western and eastern Tonkin).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pale-billed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris) - 10 files

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