List of Birds of China - Parrotbills

Parrotbills

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Paradoxornithidae

The parrotbills are a group of birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though feral populations are known from elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitats. There are 20 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in China. China has the greatest diversity of parrotbills of any country on earth.

  • Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
  • Great Parrotbill Conostoma oemodium
  • Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
  • Gray-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
  • Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus (E)
  • Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
  • Spectacled Parrotbill Paradoxornis conspicillatus (E)
  • Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus
  • Brown-winged Parrotbill Paradoxornis brunneus
  • Ashy-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis alphonsianus
  • Gray-hooded Parrotbill Paradoxornis zappeyi (E)
  • Rusty-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis przewalskii (E)
  • Fulvous Parrotbill Paradoxornis fulvifrons
  • Black-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis nipalensis
  • Golden Parrotbill Paradoxornis verreauxi
  • Short-tailed Parrotbill Paradoxornis davidianus
  • Black-browed Parrotbill Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris
  • Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps
  • Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei

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