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| status = VU<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Paradoxornis flavirostris'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22716795A94511015 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716795A94511015.en}}</ref><br />
| image = Black-breasted parrotbill.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Manas National Park, Assam, India<br />
| genus = Paradoxornis<br />
| species = flavirostris<br />
| authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1836<br />
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The '''black-breasted parrotbill''' ('''''Paradoxornis flavirostris''''') is a 19&nbsp;cm long, large, thick-billed [[parrotbill]] with black patches on the head-sides and throat. Formerly placed with the [[typical warbler]]s in the [[Sylviidae]] (Jønsson & Fjeldså 2006), the parrotbills are now considered a distinct [[family (biology)|family]], the [[Parrotbill|Paradoxornithidae]].<br />
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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 {{Not a typo|''howh, jeehw''}} or {{Not a typo|''jahw''}}, the song a rhythmic series, {{Not a typo|''aw jahw jahw jahw''}} and {{Not a typo|''uhwi uhwi uhwi uhwi''}}. Alternatively, a higher-pitched {{Not a typo|''wi chi'chi'chi'chi'chi, wi yi'yi'yi'yi'yi; wi'uwi-uwi-uwi wi chu-chu-chu''}} is given.(BLI 2006)<br />
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''Paradoxornis flavirostris'' is [[endemism|endemic]] to the Indian subcontinent and in modern times possibly the country of India, where it is known from the plains and foothills of the [[Brahmaputra]] valley in [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Assam]]. Historically, it was also recorded in [[Bangladesh]] and possibly eastern [[Nepal]]. It used to be a fairly widespread and locally common species. There are, however, recent records from only three disjunct locations, one in Arunachal Pradesh and two in Assam (one in Manas National Park and another in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park) (BLI 2006).<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Black-breasted Parrotbill AMSM1523.jpg|Black-breasted parrotbill at [[Manas National Park]], [[Assam]], [[India]]<br />
File:Black-breasted Parrotbill AMSM1556.jpg|Black-breasted parrotbill at [[Manas National Park]], [[Assam]], [[India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [[BirdLife International]] (BLI) (2006): [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8049&m=0 Species factsheet: ''Paradoxornis flavirostris'']{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 2007-APR-07.<br />
*Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006): A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). ''[[Zoologica Scripta|Zool. Scripta]]'' '''35'''(2): 149–186. <small>{{doi|10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00221.x}}</small> (HTML abstract)<br />
*Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp.&nbsp;292–321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]]'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.<br />
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