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).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

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) [XC157895]
by Sandeep Chakraborty from Mishmi, nr Chidu (km10-12), Arunachal Pradesh, India (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:

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