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Red-billed Leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Description:

The Red-billed Leiothrix is a member of the Leiothrichidae family, and is native to the Indian Subcontinent. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green, and they have a bright yellow-orange throat with a yellow chin; females are somewhat duller than males, and juveniles have black bills. It has also been introduced in various parts of the world, with small populations of escapees having existed in Japan since the 1980s. It has become a common cagebird and amongst aviculturists it goes by various names: Pekin Robin, Pekin Nightingale, Japanese Nightingale, and Japanese (Hill) Robin, the last two being misnomers as it is not native to Japan.

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Copenhagen Zoo.

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9 Comments

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Beautiful bird

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Oh I had it on Arthropods, thanks a lot Ava T-B.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

I've moved this beauty from Arthropods to Birds for you.

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Thanks Lizzy!

Annelies
Annelies 10 years ago

What a cute little fellow :) Great spotting!

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

oh ok, your spotting photos look amazing, great job.

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

I am using Nikon coolpix digital camera with 3X zoom :(
Its not possible to take birds photographs :)

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Ohh lucky you, it's amazing bird so please just put a lot of spottings of this :)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Well, very nice spotting..i've seen him in my native :)

FaredinAliyevski
Spotted by
FaredinAliyevski

Frederiksberg, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark

Spotted on Jun 10, 2013
Submitted on Jun 21, 2013

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