Birds Guide

Parrotbills
Panurus biarmicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genera
Panurus Conostoma Paradoxornis

The parrotbills are a small family of Old World passerine birds, Paradoxornithidae (or Panuridae in some systems). They are related to the Old World babblers, but in general appearance and behaviour are more like the tits. The bills of these birds are short, heavy and laterally compressed, like a parrot's, hence the English name.

These are mostly birds of tropical southeast Asia, although the Bearded Tit is a bird of reedbeds in temperate Eurasia.

These are birds of open habitats, reedbeds and bamboo stands. This group is not strongly migratory, although the Bearded Tit can be eruptive.

The species are:

Family: Paradoxornithidae

• Genus Panurus
  • Bearded Tit, or Bearded Reedling, Panurus biarmicus
• Genus Conostoma
  • Great Parrotbill, Conostoma oemodium
• Genus Paradoxornis
  • Brown Parrotbill, Paradoxornis unicolor
    Grey-headed Parrotbill, Paradoxornis gularis
    Three-toed Parrotbill, Paradoxornis paradoxus
    Black-breasted Parrotbill, Paradoxornis flavirostris
    Spot-breasted Parrotbill, Paradoxornis guttaticollis
    Spectacled Parrotbill, Paradoxornis conspicillatus
    Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Paradoxornis webbianus
    Brown-winged Parrotbill, Paradoxornis brunneus
    Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Paradoxornis alphonsianus
    Grey-hooded Parrotbill, Paradoxornis zappeyi
    Rusty-throated Parrotbill, Paradoxornis przewalskii
    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

External links

• Parrotbill videos on the Internet Bird Collection