Monday, October 8, 2012

>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).

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