Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Red-billed Leiothrix
Leiothrix lutea
- epic
- 65 km/h
- Least Concern
A pocket-sized firework of the Himalayan undergrowth, sung into cages across half the world for its tireless warble. Wild flocks still flit through the bamboo, flashing orange throats like struck matches.
- Population
- common across native range; trapped heavily for the cagebird trade
- Habitat
- dense montane undergrowth, bamboo thickets, broadleaf forest edges from the Himalayas to southern China
- Diet
- berries, nectar, insects, small invertebrates
- Size
- 0.14 m
- Wingspan
- 0.17 m
