Rufous-headed parrotbill

Rufous-headed parrotbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Sylviidae
Genus:Psittiparus
Species: P. bakeri
Binomial name
Psittiparus bakeri
Hartert, 1900
Synonyms
  • Paradoxornis ruficeps

The rufous-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus bakeri), or greater rufous-headed parrotbill, is a parrotbill in the family Sylviidae and is found in eastern Asia from the eastern Himalayas to Indochina.

Taxonomy and systematics

The rufous-headed parrotbill was alternatively considered as a member of the Old World babblers family, Timaliidae, or in a distinct family Paradoxornithidae, but is now classified with the Sylviid babblers by the IOC.[2] It was formerly considered as conspecific with the white-breasted parrotbill.

Distribution and habitat

The natural habitats of the rufous-headed parrotbill are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Psittiparus bakeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22735612A118619931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735612A118619931.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills & white-eyes « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  • Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp. 292 – 321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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