Bird group

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

38 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Ashy-throated Parrotbill
Suthora alphonsiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Ashy-throated Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Beijing Babbler
Rhopophilus pekinensis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Beijing Babbler is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and mountains. It…

Black-breasted Parrotbill
Paradoxornis flavirostris
Vulnerable≈ Unknown

The Black-breasted Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves…

Black-headed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis margaritae
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Black-headed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Black-throated Parrotbill
Suthora nipalensis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Black-throated Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Brown Parrotbill
Paradoxornis unicolor
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Brown Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves through…

Brown-throated Fulvetta
Fulvetta ludlowi
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Brown-throated Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Brown-winged Parrotbill
Suthora brunnea
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Brown-winged Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Chinese Fulvetta
Fulvetta striaticollis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Chinese Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and mountains. It…

Eye-ringed Parrotbill
Suthora ricketti
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Eye-ringed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Fire-tailed Myzornis
Myzornis pyrrhoura
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Fire-tailed Myzornis is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves…

Fulvous Parrotbill
Suthora fulvifrons
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Fulvous Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves through…

Golden Parrotbill
Suthora verreauxi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Golden Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and mountains.…

Golden-breasted Fulvetta
Lioparus chrysotis
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Golden-breasted Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves…

Gray-headed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis gularis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Gray-headed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Gray-hooded Fulvetta
Fulvetta cinereiceps
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-hooded Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Gray-hooded Parrotbill
Suthora zappeyi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Gray-hooded Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Great Parrotbill
Paradoxornis aemodius
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Great Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves through…

Indochinese Fulvetta
Fulvetta danisi
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Indochinese Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Jerdon's Babbler
Chrysomma altirostre
Vulnerable≈ 2.5K–10K

The Jerdon's Babbler is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest. It…

Manipur Fulvetta
Fulvetta manipurensis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Manipur Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves through…

Pale-billed Parrotbill
Suthora atrosuperciliaris
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The Pale-billed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Reed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis heudei
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Reed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and mountains. It…

Rufous-headed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis bakeri
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Rufous-headed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

Rufous-tailed Babbler
Moupinia poecilotis
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Rufous-tailed Babbler is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Rusty-throated Parrotbill
Suthora przewalskii
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Rusty-throated Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Short-tailed Parrotbill
Suthora davidiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Short-tailed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Spectacled Fulvetta
Fulvetta ruficapilla
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spectacled Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Spectacled Parrotbill
Suthora conspicillata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Spectacled Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Spot-breasted Parrotbill
Paradoxornis guttaticollis
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The Spot-breasted Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of the Himalayas and adjacent foothill forests. It moves…

Taiwan Fulvetta
Fulvetta formosana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Taiwan Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Taiwan. It moves through reeds, bamboo, scrub, or dense…

Tarim Babbler
Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Tarim Babbler is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Central Asian steppe, deserts, and high mountains. It moves…

Three-toed Parrotbill
Paradoxornis paradoxus
Near Threatened≈ Unknown

The Three-toed Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Suthora webbiana
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Vinous-throated Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of China and adjacent East Asian forests, reeds, and…

White-breasted Parrotbill
White-breasted Parrotbill
Paradoxornis ruficeps
Least Concern≈ 500K–5M

The White-breasted Parrotbill is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane…

White-browed Fulvetta
Fulvetta vinipectus
Least Concern≈ 2M–20M

The White-browed Fulvetta is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…

Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Wrentit is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Pacific coastal scrub and chaparral of western North America. It moves…

Yellow-eyed Babbler
Chrysomma sinense
Least Concern≈ Unknown

The Yellow-eyed Babbler is a parrotbill, fulvetta, babbler ally, or wrentit of Asian reeds, bamboo, scrub, foothills, and montane forest.…