Friday, October 12, 2012

>Paradoxornis (Suthora) nipalensis (Black-throated Parrotbill)

Black-throated Parrotbill


Black-throated Parrotbill
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. nipalensis
Binomial name
Paradoxornis nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1837)
Synonyms
Suthora nipalensis
The Black-throated Parrotbill (Paradoxornis nipalensis) 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 Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.













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