Avibase: Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae] (Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill)

Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill

Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae] (= Paradoxornis gularis) (Gray, GR 1845)

The grey-headed parrotbill is a parrotbill in the family Sylviidae and is found in eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina and Hainan. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sylviidae
Genus:
   Paradoxornis
Scientific:
  Paradoxornis gularis

Original description

Citation:
(Gray, GR 1845)

Reference:
Gen. Birds 2, pt.20 p.389 pl.94

Protonym:
Paradoxornis gularis

Type locality:
no locality; type from Bhutan, fide Kinnear, 1937, in Ludlow and Kinnear, Ibis, pp. 27-28.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/219462#page/186/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
ED83DC2D6DE275B2

Avibase ID:
avibase-ED83DC2D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ED83DC2D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 915937

Geographic range:

Paradoxornis gularis: foothill to submontane broadleaf evergreen forest, bamboo in pine forest, secondary growth, and scrub, from northeastern India and Bhutan eastward to southeastern China including Hainan, and southward to southwestern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, and central Vietnam
Paradoxornis gularis gularis: eastern Himalayas (Sikkim to Bhutan and northern Assam)
Paradoxornis gularis transfluvialis: southern Assam (south of the Brahmaputra) to Myanmar and northwestern Thailand
Paradoxornis gularis rasus: western Myanmar (Chin Hills)
Paradoxornis gularis laotianus: eastern Myanmar (Kengtung) to northern Thailand, northern Laos, and northwestern Tonkin
Paradoxornis gularis fokiensis: hill forest of southern China (south of the Yangtze River)
Paradoxornis gularis hainanus: Hainan (southern China)
Paradoxornis margaritae: eastern Cambodia and highlands of southern Vietnam (southern Annam)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill
French:
Paradoxornis à tête grise ou P. à calotte noire

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey-headed or Black-crowned Parrotbill ( Psittiparus [gularis or margaritae])
Birdlife checklist version 00: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Paradoxornis à tête grise ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Psittiparus gularis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Psittiparus gularis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Gray-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Paradoxornis gularis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Paradoxornis gularis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Paradoxornis gularis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Grey-headed Parrotbill ( Paradoxornis gularis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Paradoxornis gularis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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