Black-breasted Parrotbill

The black-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis flavirostris) is a 19 cm (7.5 in) long, large, thick-billed parrotbill with black patches on the head-sides and throat. Formerly placed in the family Sylviidae, the parrotbills are now considered a distinct family, the Paradoxornithidae, following Cai et al. (2019). == Description == The bird is more or less brown all over, with an extensive black area on upper breast and uniform rufous-buff remainder of underparts. The similar spot-breasted parrotbill, a close relative, has arrow-shaped spotting on breast and pale buff underparts. The voice is a gruff howh, jeehw or jahw, the song a rhythmic series, aw jahw jahw jahw and uhwi uhwi uhwi uhwi. Alternatively, a higher-pitched wi chi'chi'chi'chi'chi, wi yi'yi'yi'yi'yi; wi'uwi-uwi-uwi wi chu-chu-chu is given. == Distribution and habitat == Paradoxornis flavirostris is now very probably endemic to north-eastern India, where it is known from only five widely scattered localities in the plains of the Brahmaputra valley and adjacent foothills: Manas National Park and its surrounds, Kaziranga National Park (where it is rather scarce), Loktak Lake and adjacent marshes in Manipur, the species' stronghold around Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary in the Tinsukia–East Siang area, and grasslands of the Lower Dibang…