About Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth, 1845)
The golden-breasted fulvetta, with the scientific name Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth, 1845), is a small bird. It measures 10–11.5 cm (3.9–4.5 in) in length and has a mass between 5 and 10 g (0.18 and 0.35 oz). Its head and crown are black or grey, and its black wings bear orange-yellow slashes. The secondaries are tipped white, and its brown tail has orange-yellow edging along two-thirds of the base. The underparts are mostly yellow, and the throat can be grey or yellowish depending on the population. The presence, prominence, and colour of the median crown stripe also varies between populations. The sexes cannot be distinguished by their plumage. The golden-breasted fulvetta ranges from central Nepal through Bhutan, northern India and Myanmar to western China and northern Vietnam. It is an altitudinal migrant, moving from breeding grounds at 2,000–2,800 m (6,600–9,200 ft) to foothills as low as 1,600 m (5,200 ft) in winter, and occasionally down to 1,300 m (4,300 ft). Golden-breasted fulvettas live in broad-leaved evergreen forests and montane bamboo. They forage for insects at low heights, form groups of up to 30 individuals in winter, and often join mixed-species foraging flocks.
