Babblers (Timaliidae)
Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) - HBW 12, p. 270
French: Léiothrix jaune
German: Sonnenvogel
Spanish: Leiotrix Piquirrojo
Other common names: Pekin/Peking Robin; Doubtful Leiothrix (“L. astleyi”)
Taxonomy: Sylvia(lutea) Scopoli, 1786, mountains of Anhui, China.
Probably fairly close to Siva and Mesia. Form described as “L. astleyi”, known only from a pair of live individuals shipped from S China, is considered to represent a mutation of present species caused by long period in captivity. Birds from S Assam hills (India) named as race luteola, but inseparable from calipyga. Five subspecies recognised.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kumaiensis Whistler, 1943 - NW Himalayas from NE Pakistan E to N India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) India.
- calipyga (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal E to Bhutan, NE Indian hill states, S China (SE Xizang), and extreme NW Myanmar (S to N Chin Hills).
- yunnanensis Rothschild, 1921 - NE Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
- kumaiensis Whistler, 1943 - NW Himalayas from NE Pakistan E to N India (Uttaranchal Pradesh) India.
- calipyga (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal E to Bhutan, NE Indian hill states, S China (SE Xizang), and extreme NW Myanmar (S to N Chin Hills).
- yunnanensis Rothschild, 1921 - NE Myanmar and S China (W & NW Yunnan).
- lutea (Scopoli, 1786) - SC & E China (S Gansu and S Shaanxi E to W Hubei, S Anhui, N Zhejiang and N Fujian, S to C & S Sichuan, Guizhou and N Guangxi).
- kwangtungensis Stresemann, 1923 - S & SE China (SE Yunnan E to C Guangxi, S Hunan and Guangdong) and extreme N Vietnam (N Tonkin).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Caution call from bird in foliage Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 2 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
Bird giving alarm call on branch Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 2 May 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 4.2 -
Bird alarmed with Great Tit in background Locality Japan
Charles McHugh 5 January 2009 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
Bird takes worm from branch Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 23 September 2008 2 years ago 12 sec 4 -
Bird eating a caterpillar on a branch, defecating. Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 15 September 2008 4 years ago 16 sec 4 -
A bird standing Locality Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 24 June 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 3.4
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Feeding on log
Locality Hong Kong (ssp kwangtungensis)
wilsondring 5 January 2013 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
In the hills above Nainital.
Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp kumaiensis)
Lee Hunter 16 December 2011 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Red-billed-Leiothrix on the ground - Sattal with Rajesh Panwar
Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
koushik00076 8 June 2012 46 weeks ago 4.2 -
Perching on a branch
Locality Shing Mun Valley Park, Hong Kong
Terence S K LAI 16 August 2012 17 weeks ago 4.1 -
Perching with mate following a great deal of chatter
Locality Pu'u O'o Trail, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
Roger Brissenden 31 July 2012 41 weeks ago 4 -
Red-billed Leiothrix
Locality Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ed McAskill 29 November 2009 1 year ago 3.8
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Four calls of bird. Certain that this is the contact call for the red-billed leiothrix. Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 24 July 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Different types of call notes from one individual Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp lutea)
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 3 years ago 3 -
Alarm calls of an individual Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp lutea)
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 3 years ago 3 -
Calls of an individual Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp lutea)
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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