Yunnan Parrotbill

Yunnan Parrotbill

Taxobox
name = Yunnan Parrotbill


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Timaliidae
genus = "Paradoxornis"
species = "P. ricketti "
binomial = "Paradoxornis ricketti "
binomial_authority = Rothschild, 1922
synonyms = The Yunnan Parrotbill, "Paradoxornis ricketti", is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family. This 10 cm long parrotbill is endemic to China, breeding in northwest Yunnan.

It is often considered conspecific with either the Brown-winged Parrotbill, "Paradoxornis brunneus", or the Vinous-throated Parrotbill, "Paradoxornis webbianus". Its behaviour is described as similar to that of Vinous-throated [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6199/9classi.htm] .

References

* 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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