White-breasted parrotbill

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White-breasted parrotbill
Paradoxornis ruficeps.jpg
In Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Paradoxornis
Species:
P. ruficeps
Binomial name
Paradoxornis ruficeps
Blyth, 1842
Synonyms

Psittiparus ruficeps

The white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps) is a bird species often placed with the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but it actually seems to belong to the Sylviidae.

It is found in Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It was formerly considered conspecific with the rufous-headed parrotbill.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Psittiparus ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T103880882A118620946. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103880882A118620946.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.