Black-headed parrotbill

Black-headed parrotbill
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradoxornithidae
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 the Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.^[2]

It is found in eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

1. BirdLife International (2019). "Psittiparus margaritae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T22734623A156381524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22734623A156381524.en. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
2. "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2022-06-04.

• 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.