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White-breasted Parrotbill

Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes

Photo: Umeshsrinivasan · CC BY-SA 3.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Paradoxornis ruficeps

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates (SoIB guild)

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest

Range

Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam

The white-breasted parrotbill is a bird often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family, Paradoxornithidae. It is found in the Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest, and was formerly considered conspecific with the rufous-headed parrotbill (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as an Eastern Himalayan endemic and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird with a Restricted range of about 7,820 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).

Quick answers

What does the White-breasted Parrotbill eat?
Invertebrates (SoIB guild)
What habitat does the White-breasted Parrotbill live in?
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forest
Where is the White-breasted Parrotbill found?
Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam
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