White-breasted parrotbill
The white-breasted parrotbill (Psittiparus 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.
| White-breasted parrotbill | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Psittiparus |
| Species: | P. ruficeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Psittiparus ruficeps Blyth, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paradoxornis ruficeps | |
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.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Paradoxornis ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
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