Wednesday, October 10, 2012

>Paradoxornis (Sinoparadoxornis) brunneus ricketti (Yunnan Parrotbill)

Yunnan Parrotbill




Yunnan Parrotbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Timaliidae
Genus:Paradoxornis
Species:P. brunneus
Trinomial name
Paradoxornis brunneus ricketti
Rothschild, 1922
The Yunnan ParrotbillParadoxornis brunneus ricketti, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. This 10 cm long parrotbill is endemic to China, breeding in northwest Yunnan.
It is often considered conspecific with the Brown-winged Parrotbill, Paradoxornis brunneus, (sometimes the Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Paradoxornis webbianus). Its behaviour is described as similar to that of Vinous-throated 

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