Black-headed parrotbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
Genus: | Paradoxornis |
Species: | P. margaritae
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Binomial name | |
Paradoxornis margaritae (
Delacour, 1927)
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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.