Golden-breasted Fulvetta
Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth, 1845)
Paradoxornithidae — Parrotbills & Allies
Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Lioparus chrysotis, is a passerine of the Paradoxornithidae family, breeding across the Himalayas to central Vietnam in the Oriental Region. It occurs in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam, and uses temperate forest as well as moist montane forest in subtropical and tropical areas. It is a small bird with black or grey on the head and crown, black wings marked with orange-yellow, white-tipped secondaries, a brown tail edged with orange-yellow at the base, and mainly yellow underparts. The sexes look alike.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradoxornithidae — Parrotbills & Allies
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Himalayas to c Vietnam
