- Great Parrotbill
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Great Parrotbill Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae (see text) Genus: Conostoma Species: C. oemodium Binomial name Conostoma oemodium
Hodgson, 1842The Great Parrotbill (Conostoma oemodium) 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. Its genus Conostoma is monotypic.[citation needed]
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Conostoma oemodium. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
- 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.
External links
- Great Parrotbill video on the Internet Bird Collection
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