| Rufous-headed parrotbill | |
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| in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China. | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Paradoxornis |
| Species: | P. bakeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradoxornis bakeri (Hartert, 1900) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The rufous-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis bakeri), or greater rufous-headed parrotbill, is a parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae and is found in eastern Asia from the eastern Himalayas to Indochina.
Taxonomy and systematics
The rufous-headed parrotbill was alternatively considered as a member of the Old World babblers family, Timaliidae, or in the Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the white-breasted parrotbill.
Distribution and habitat
The natural habitats of the rufous-headed parrotbill are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Psittiparus bakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22735612A118619931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735612A118619931.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp. 292 – 321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Paradoxornis bakeri | |
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