The rufous-headed parrotbill (''Psittiparus bakeri''), or greater rufous-headed parrotbill, is a parrotbill in the family

Paradoxornithidae The parrotbills are a family, Paradoxornithidae, of passerine birds that are primarily native to Eastern Asia, East and Southeast Asia (with a single species in western North America), though feral populations exist elsewhere. They are generally ...

and is found in eastern Asia from the eastern

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Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Taxonomy and systematics

The rufous-headed parrotbill was alternatively considered as a member of the Old World babblers

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, Timaliidae, or in the Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family

. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the

white-breasted parrotbill The white-breasted parrotbill (''Psittiparus ruficeps'') 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 ...

Distribution and habitat

The natural

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s of the rufous-headed parrotbill are subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s and subtropical or tropical moist

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

References

*Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp. 292 – 321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''

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'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. rufous-headed parrotbill Birds of Eastern Himalaya Birds of Laos Birds of Myanmar Birds of Vietnam rufous-headed parrotbill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub