The parrotbills were previously placed in Paradoxornithidae family, and Clement's still places them there; but most authorities now place in Sylvadae. See the typical warblers for more Sylvidae species. Don Roberson has an excellent discussion about parrotbills..
Genus Chamaea - 1 species
Wrentit Chamaea fasciata Found: Chapparral scrubland - west North America
The Wrentit has uniform dull olive, brown, or grayish plumage. It has short wings and a long tail often held high (hence the comparison to wrens). It has a short bill and a pale iris.
Image by: 1) Julio Mulero - California 2) Maggie Smith - California 3) Marcel Holyoak - California 4) planephotoman
Genus Chleuasicus - 1 species
Parrotbill,_Pale-billed Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) Bryan_Smith
Genus Cholornis
Parrotbill,_Brown Cholornis unicolor Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
The Brown Parrotbill has gray brown plumage; small yellowish parrot-like bill.
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash - India 2) Ron_Knight
Parrotbill,_Three-toed Cholornis paradoxa Found: China
Image by: 1) Ron_Knight - China
Genus Chrysomma
Babbler,_Yellow-eyed Chrysomma sinense Found: south Asia
The Yellow-eyed Babbler has brown upperparts; cinnamon wings; white lores, supercilium; orange-yellow eyes.
Similar to: Jerdon's Babbler. Yellow-eyed Babbler looks like a brighter version of Jerdon's Babbler.
Image by: 1) Clement_Francis 2) JM_Garg - India 3) Vijay_IsmavelSimilar to: Jerdon's Babbler. Yellow-eyed Babbler looks like a brighter version of Jerdon's Babbler.
Babbler,_Jerdon's Chrysomma altirostre Found: south Asia
The Jerdon's Babbler has brown upperparts; whitish underpart;. orange-yellow eyes.
Similar to: Yellow-eyed Babbler. Yellow-eyed Babbler looks like a brighter version of Jerdon's Babbler.
Image by: 1) charactersSimilar to: Yellow-eyed Babbler. Yellow-eyed Babbler looks like a brighter version of Jerdon's Babbler.
Babbler,_Rufous-tailed Chrysomma poecilotis Found: China
Image by: 1) Josephe_Huet 2) Summer_Wong
Genus Conostoma - 1 species
Parrotbill,_Great Conostoma oemodium Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash - India 2) Bryan_Smith
Genus Fulvetta
This is the genus of the true Fulvettas. Other Fulvettas are include in the Timaliidae family.
Fulvetta,_Chinese Fulvetta striaticollis Found: China
Image by: 1) Mark_Gawn
Fulvetta,_Fulvetta,_Streak-throatedGray-hooded Fulvetta cinereiceps Found: China, Vietnam
The Taiwan Fulvetta was formerly considered a subspecies of Gray-hooded Fulvetta.
Image by: 1) Josephe_Huet 2) Rob_Fray
Fulvetta,_Indochinese Fulvetta danisi Found: Laos, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Robert_Tizard
Fulvetta,_Spectacled Fulvetta ruficapilla Found: China
Image by: 1) Josephe_Huet 2) Thomas_Gut
Fulvetta,_Streak-throated also Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Pkspks - India 2) Ron_Knight - China
Fulvetta, Taiwan Fulvetta formosana Found: Asia
The Taiwan Fulveta has ashy back, head; black lores; pale gray underparts with white streaks on throat; orange-brown wings; white eye-ring The Taiwan Fulvetta was formerly considered a subspecies of Gray-hooded Fulvetta.
Image by: 1, 2)
Hiyashi Halso
Fulvetta,_White-browed Fulvetta vinipectus Found: Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash - India 2) Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan 3) LonelyShrimp
Genus Lioparus - 1 species
Fulvetta,_Golden-breasted Lioparus chrysotis Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan 2) Francesco_Veronesi
Genus Myzornis - 1 species
Myzornis, Fire-tailed Myzornis pyrrhoura Found: Asia
The Myzornis Firetail has green upperparts; black lores; reddish throat, breast;
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan 2) Soumyajit Nandy 3) Koshy_Koshy
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Genus Neosuthora - 1 species
Parrotbill,_Short-tailed Neosuthora davidiana Found: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Tang_Jun
Genus Paradoxornis
Parrotbill, Black-breasted Paradoxornis flavirostris Found: India
The Black-breasted Parrotbill has mainly brown plumage; black patches on head sides, throat; rufous buff underparts.
Image by: 1) Mukesh Jain 2) Doley2011
Parrotbill, Reed Paradoxornis heudei Found: China, Mongolia, Russia
The Reed Parrotbill has reddish-brown upperparts; gray crown, face, neck; black stripes on side of crown; grayish throat, upper-breast; orange-brown lower-breast, belly; bulbous bill; long tail.
Image by: 1) Blake Matheson - Yanchegn, China 2) Yingtao Song
Parrotbill, Spot-breasted Paradoxornis guttaticollis Found: Asia
The Spot-breasted Parrotbill has brown upperparts; black and white face; cinammon-brown crown, nape; buff underparts.
Image by:
1) John Gould 2) Ron Knight - China 3) Jason Thompson - Thailand
Genus Psittiparus
Parrotbill,_Black-headed Psittiparus margaritae Found: Cambodia, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Vincent_van_der_Spek
Parrotbill,_Gray-headed Psittiparus gularis Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi
Parrotbill,_Rufous-headed Psittiparus bakeri Found: Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Thet_Zaw_Naing
Parrotbill,_White-breasted Psittiparus ruficeps Found: 1) Bhutan, China, India
Image by: 1) Umeshsrinivasan 2) Ron_Knight
Genus Rhopophilus
Babbler,_Tarim Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris Found: China
Image by: 1) Paul_Leader
Warbler,_Chinese_Hill also Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis Found: China, North Korea
Image by: 1, 2) Aaron_Maizlish
Genus Sinosuthora
Parrotbill, Ashy-throated Sinosuthora alphonsiana Found: southwest China to northern Vietnam
Image by: 1) Ron Knight - Chengdu, China
Parrotbill,_Brown-winged Sinosuthora brunnea Found: China, Myanmar
Image by: 1) Thomas_Gut
Parrotbill,_Gray-hooded Sinosuthora zappeyi Found: China
Image by: 1) Thayer 2) Tang_Jun
Parrotbill,_Rusty-throated also Przevalski's Parrotbill Sinosuthora przewalskii Found: central China
Image by: 1) Gustav_Mutzel 2) Xu Yi-Xin
Parrotbill, Spectacled Sinosuthora conspicillata Found: central China
The Spectacled Parrotbill is a relatively small and long-tailed parrotbill. It has a bold white eye-ring.
Similar to: Vinous-throated Parrotbill. The shapes of these parrotbills are similar. Their similar bills have evolved for bamboo habitats.
Image by: 1) Tang JunSimilar to: Vinous-throated Parrotbill. The shapes of these parrotbills are similar. Their similar bills have evolved for bamboo habitats.
Parrotbill, Vinous-throated Sinosuthora webbiana also Paradoxornis webbiana Found: Asia
The Vinous-throated Parrotbill is a relatively small and long-tailed parrotbill. It has brown upperparts; pinkish-cream upper-breast; creamy-buff belly merging with the breast; brown streaks on throat; rufous brown crown, forehead; pale gray eyes; gray or brown bill with paler or yellow tip; graduated tail (see image 1).
Similar to: Spectacled Parrotblil. The shapes of these parrotbills are similar. Their similar bills have evolved for bamboo habitats.
Image by: 1) LonelyShrimp 2) Ainus - Taiwan 3) Cristiano Crolle - Palude Brabbia, Italy Similar to: Spectacled Parrotblil. The shapes of these parrotbills are similar. Their similar bills have evolved for bamboo habitats.
Genus Suthora
Parrotbill,_Black-throated Suthora nipalensis Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash 2) Bhaskarjbarua
Parrotbill,_Fulvous Suthora fulvifrons Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash 2) Ron_Knight
Parrotbill,_Golden Suthora verreauxi Found: China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Ron_Knight
