(aka Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps)
Lingmethang Road, Mongar, Bhutan
April 2008
The White-breasted Parrotbill is distributed from Sikkim and Bhutan to southern China. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.
It is closely associated with bamboo in broadleaf forest and is often difficult to see in the dense undergrowth.
It has a bright rufous head, brown upperparts and whitish underparts.
This species was formerly known as Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill when it was lumped with what is now known as Rufous-headed Parrotbill P. bakeri but has now been split by the HBW and Birdlife International checklist.
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