Wildlifeof Bhutan
Golden-breasted Fulvetta
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Lioparus chrysotis
Basic stats
Diet
Insects, foraged at a low height
Habitat
Broad-leaved evergreen forests and montane bamboo; breeds at 2,000–2,800m, winters down to 1,600m, occasionally 1,300m
Range
Central Nepal through Bhutan, northern India and Myanmar to western China and northern Vietnam
Size
10–11.5cm
Weight
5–10g
The golden-breasted fulvetta is a small songbird, 10 to 11.5cm long with a mass of 5 to 10g, found from central Nepal through Bhutan, northern India and Myanmar to western China and northern Vietnam. The head and crown are black or grey and the black wings have orange-yellow slashes; the secondaries are tipped white, and the underparts are predominantly yellow. The sexes cannot be told apart by plumage (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is an altitudinal migrant, moving from breeding grounds at 2,000 to 2,800m to foothills as low as 1,600m, and occasionally 1,300m, in winter. It lives in broad-leaved evergreen forests and montane bamboo, foraging at a low height for insects, in groups of as many as 30 in winter, often joining mixed-species flocks.
Quick answers
- What does the Golden-breasted Fulvetta eat?
- Insects, foraged at a low height
- What habitat does the Golden-breasted Fulvetta live in?
- Broad-leaved evergreen forests and montane bamboo; breeds at 2,000–2,800m, winters down to 1,600m, occasionally 1,300m
- Where is the Golden-breasted Fulvetta found?
- Central Nepal through Bhutan, northern India and Myanmar to western China and northern Vietnam
- How big is the Golden-breasted Fulvetta?
- 10–11.5cm
- How much does the Golden-breasted Fulvetta weigh?
- 5–10g