Reed parrotbill

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Reed parrotbill
Paradoxornis heudei.jpg

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Calamornis
David, 1872
Species:
C. heudei
Binomial name
Calamornis heudei
David, 1872

The reed parrotbill (Calamornis heudei) is a special species of bird in the family paradoxornithidae. It is found in Manchuria and eastern China and the Russian Far East. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The northern subspecies C. h. polivanovi is sometimes regarded as a separate species, the northern parrotbill.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Paradoxornis heudei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  • 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, Montreal.


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