Saturday, October 6, 2012

>>Genus Conostoma >Conostoma oemodium (Great Parrotbill)

Conostoma oemodium







Great Parrotbill
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Sylviidae
Genus:Conostoma
Hodgson, 1841
Species:C. oemodium
Binomial name
Conostoma oemodium
Hodgson, 1842
The Great Parrotbill (Conostoma oemodium) 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. Its genus Conostoma is monotypic.
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.




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