How big is a Black-throated Parrotbill?

The Black-throated Parrotbill is a tiny sized bird weighing about 5 g.

Where can you see a Black-throated Parrotbill?

The Black-throated Parrotbill occurs in 9 countries, including India, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand and China.

What birds look similar to a Black-throated Parrotbill?

The Black-throated Parrotbill is most easily confused with the Golden Parrotbill and the Fulvous Parrotbill.

Is the Black-throated Parrotbill endangered?

The Black-throated Parrotbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Black-throated Parrotbill

Suthora nipalensis

Parrotbills and Allies · Passeriformes · Rare

The Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis) is a rare parrotbill found in 9 countries, weighing about 5 g. The black-throated parrotbill is a parrotbill species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.

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Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 1 — Photo: Wang.QG · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 2 — Photo: Wang.QG · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 3 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 4 — Photo: Jiao Sun (孙娇) · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 5 — Photo: Jiao Sun (孙娇) · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 6 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 7 — Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 8 — Photo: Shiv's fotografia · CC BY 4.0

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 9 — Photo: Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (d 1923) · Public domain

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), photo 10 — Photo: Gray, George Robert; Hullmandel & Walton; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph; Mitchell, D. W. · Public domain

About the Black-throated Parrotbill

The black-throated parrotbill is a parrotbill species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.

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Where it lives

India Bhutan Nepal Thailand China Myanmar (Burma) Vietnam Laos Cambodia

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November, December, with peak activity in April. It is a passage migrant species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Black-throated Parrotbill look like?: The black-throated parrotbill is a parrotbill species often placed with the Old World babblers or in a distinct family Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.
How big is a Black-throated Parrotbill?: The Black-throated Parrotbill is a tiny sized bird weighing about 5 g.
Where can you see a Black-throated Parrotbill?: The Black-throated Parrotbill occurs in 9 countries, including India, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand and China.
What birds look similar to a Black-throated Parrotbill?: The Black-throated Parrotbill is most easily confused with the Golden Parrotbill and the Fulvous Parrotbill.
Is the Black-throated Parrotbill endangered?: The Black-throated Parrotbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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