About the Golden-breasted Fulvetta
The golden-breasted fulvetta is a species of songbird found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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The golden-breasted fulvetta is a small bird, measuring 10–11.5 cm (3.9–4.5 in) in length with a mass between 5 and 10 g (0.18 and 0.35 oz). The head and crown are black or grey and the black wings have orange-yellow slashes. The secondaries are tipped white and brown tail has two thirds of the base edged in orange yellow. The underparts are predominantly yellow and the throat may be grey or yellowish depending on the populations. The presence, prominence and colour of the median crown stripe varies with populations. The sexes are indistinguishable by plumage.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Myanmar (Burma).
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a passage migrant species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Reed ParrotbillParadoxornis heudeiThe reed parrotbill species is known to have significantly short, wide, and deep bills.
Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensisThe 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.
Golden ParrotbillSuthora verreauxiThe golden parrotbill is a species of parrotbill in the family Sylviidae.
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