- Yunnan Parrotbill
Taxobox
name = Yunnan Parrotbill
status =
regnum =Animal ia
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 ofbird in theOld World babbler family. This 10 cm longparrotbill is endemic toChina , breeding in northwest Yunnan.It is often considered conspecific with either the
Brown-winged Parrotbill , "Paradoxornis brunneus", or theVinous-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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