parrotbill

English

Etymology

From parrot +‎ bill.

Noun

parrotbill (plural parrotbills)

1. 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

• crow-tit

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

• Finnish: kekonokka

References

• parrotbill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvioidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Paradoxornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons