Grey-headed parrotbill

Grey-headed parrotbill
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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.

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.

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Paradoxornis gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22735202A264185791. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22735202A264185791.en . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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.

• BirdLife International 2004. Paradoxornis gularis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
• Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp. 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.

External links

• Grey-headed parrotbill video on the Internet Bird Collection