Monday, October 8, 2012

>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.

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