#1175 · 🐦 birds
Red-billed Leiothrix
🇳🇱 Japanse Nachtegaal ·Leiothrix lutea
📍 Hawai'i Pacific University - Windward Campus, Kailua, HI, US
📍 8QR5+CQF Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim 737131, India
📍 Provincia di Pavia, Italia
📍 62179 Audinghen, France
📍 Kumaon Division, Uttarakhand, India
📍 19018 Vernazza, SP, Italy
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Stephen John Davies · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Mario Madrona · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Darren · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Hawai'i Pacific University - Windward Campus, Kailua, HI, US:© madeleineosherman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 8QR5+CQF Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim 737131, India:© Yuwaraj Gurjar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Provincia di Pavia, Italia:© Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 62179 Audinghen, France:© Adrien Mauss · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Kumaon Division, Uttarakhand, India:© Samay Srivastava · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 19018 Vernazza, SP, Italy:© peterchristiaen · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The red-billed leiothrix ( Leiothrix lutea ) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae, native to southern China and the Himalayas. 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...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,062 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1786 (240 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Nederlands
- Japanse Nachtegaal
- scientific name
- Leiothrix lutea
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Leiothrichidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 601
- sightings worldwide
- 4,062
- GBIF records in NL
- 65
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1786 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 15560, Wikidata Q589245, GBIF 5231398, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.