>Psittiparus ruficeps (Rufous-headed Parrotbill)

Rufous-headed Parrotbill

Rufous-headed Parrotbill
P. ruficeps in Arunachal Pradesh
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sylviidae (see text)
Genus:	Paradoxornis
Species:	P. ruficeps
Binomial name
Paradoxornis ruficeps Blyth, 1842

The Rufous-headed Parrotbill or Greater Rufous-headed 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.

Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill

It is found in Bangladesh,Bhutan, China, India, Laos,Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is sometimes split into two species: White-breasted Parrotbill (P. ruficeps) and Rufous-headed Parrotbill (P. bakeri).

>Psittiparus margaritae - formerly (Black-headed Parrotbill)

Black-headed Parrotbill

Black-headed Parrotbill
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sylviidae (see text)
Genus:	Paradoxornis
Species:	P. margaritae
Binomial name
Paradoxornis margaritae Delacour, 1927
Synonyms
Psittiparus margaritae

The Black-headed Parrotbill (Paradoxornis margaritae) 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 Cambodia and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>>Genus Psittiparus >Psittiparus gularis (Grey-headed Parrotbill)

Grey-headed Parrotbill

Grey-headed Parrotbill
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sylviidae
Genus:	Paradoxornis
Species:	P. gularis
Binomial name
Paradoxornis gularis Gray, 1845
Synonyms
Psittiparus gularis

The Grey-headed Parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis) 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 Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The subspecies P. g. margaritae of southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia is usually regarded as a separate species, the Black-headed Parrotbill or Black-crowned Parrotbill.