Pale-billed Parrotbill

Suthora atrosuperciliaris (Godwin-Austen, 1877)

Pale-billed Parrotbill, Suthora atrosuperciliaris, is a bird of the Himalayas to northern Thailand, living in evergreen forest and bamboo-rich habitat. It was first recorded in China and remains associated with dense growth there. The species is a small, rounded parrotbill with a short tail, a pale bill and a dark tail. It also shows a blue ring around the eye and orange feathers rising near the crown. It occurs from lowland subtropical and tropical moist areas to higher ground, and in India breeds from April to July.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Paradoxornithidae — Parrotbills & Allies

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Himalayas to n Thailand