Grey-headed parrotbill

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Grey-headed parrotbill
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Paradoxornis
Species:
P. gularis
Binomial name
Paradoxornis gularis
Gray, GR, 1845
Synonyms
  • Psittiparus gularis

The grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis) is a parrotbill in the family Sylviidae and is found in eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina and Hainan.

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Taxonomy and systematics

The grey-headed parrotbill was alternatively considered as a member of the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or with the Sylviidae, but is now classified in the distinct family Paradoxornithidae by the IOC. [2] Until 2008, the black-headed parrotbill was also considered as a subspecies of the grey-headed parrotbill. [3]

Distribution and habitat

The natural habitat of the grey-headed parrotbill is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Psittiparus gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22735202A95105743. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735202A95105743.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. "Species Version 1 « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-07-24.