parrotbill
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English
Etymology
Noun
parrotbill (plural parrotbills)
- Any of a group of warbler-like birds of uncertain taxonomy, now often placed in family Paradoxornithidae, native to East and Southeast Asia, generally small and long-tailed, which inhabit reed beds and similar habitats and feed mainly on seeds.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- great parrotbill (Conostoma oemodium)
- three-toed parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxa)
- brown parrotbill (Cholornis unicolor)
- spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis)
- black-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis flavirostris)
- reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
- grey-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus gularis)
- black-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus margaritae)
- white-breasted parrotbill (Psittiparus ruficeps)
- rufous-headed parrotbill, greater rufous-headed parrotbill (Psittiparus bakeri)
Translations
type of bird
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References
parrotbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Paradoxornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
