Parrot beaks

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Red-headed parrot's bill ( Psittiparus ruficeps , Syn .: Paradoxornis ruficeps )

The parrot's beaks (Paradoxornithidae) were described by John Gould in 1836 as the family of passerine birds (Passeriformes), after a reorganization first with the Timalia (Timaliidae) and in 2009 by Gelang et al. incorporated into the warblers (Sylviidae). This was accompanied by numerous renaming of the binomial species names . The bearded tit ( Panurus biarmicus ), which was formerly also part of the parrot's beaks, is now considered to be the only species of the Panuridae family. Parallel was genus Yuhina by Cibois et al. 2003 and Moyle et al. 2009 incorporated into the Zosteropidae family by the Timalia .

The birds are mainly found in India and South Asia. They are 10–28 cm small, long-tailed brownish birds. Most species only have stubby beaks. Their feed consists mainly of seeds, e.g. B. Grass seeds.

species

Listed in order of the current scientific species name, followed by the former (s)

literature

  • C. Robson: Family Paradoxornithidae (parrotbills). In: Handbook of the birds of the world. 12, 2007, pp. 292-320.
  • Mary LeCroy: Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 6: Passeriformes: Prunellidae, Turdidae, Orthonychidae, Timaliidae, Paradoxornithidae, Picathartidae, and Polioptilidae. In: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2005, pp. 1–127.

Single receipts

  1. ^ IOC Taxonomy Updates - v2.6, October 23, 2010, Seq 163