Black-headed parrotbill

Black-headed parrotbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sylviidae (see text)
Genus: Psittiparus
Species: P. margaritae
Binomial name
Psittiparus margaritae
Delacour, 1927
Synonyms

Paradoxornis margaritae

The black-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus margaritae) 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.

It is found in Cambodia and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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