Wednesday, October 10, 2012

>Paradoxornis (Sinoparadoxornis) brunneus (Brown-winged Parrotbill)

Brown-winged Parrotbill







Brown-winged Parrotbill
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Sylviidae
Genus:Paradoxornis
Species:P. brunneus
Binomial name
Paradoxornis brunneus
(Anderson, 1871)
Synonyms
Sinosuthora brunnea
The Brown-winged Parrotbill (Paradoxornis brunneus) 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 China and Myanmar.

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