Definitions
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- noun Any of a group of peculiar
birds native toEast andSoutheast Asia , generally small and long-tailed, which inhabitreed beds and similar habitats and feed mainly onseeds .
Etymologies
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Birds characteristic of this ecoregion include at least two restricted-range species, brown-winged parrotbill (Paradoxornis brunneus) and Yunnan nuthatch (Sitta yunnanensis).
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests 2008
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Among the vertebrates are some 49 species which are endemic to China and three which are endemic to this locality: the bird called David's parrotbill Paradoxornis davidianus, and two amphibians Vibrissaphora liui, Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti.
Mount Wuyi, China 2008
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Other species that occur within the Yellow Sea saline meadows include Chinese parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei).
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First they'd eat bird eggs and small birds, including 34 species of endangered forest birds found in Hawaii such as the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper and Hawaiian crow, he said.
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First they'd eat bird eggs and small birds, including 34 species of endangered forest birds found in Hawaii such as the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper and Hawaiian crow, he said.
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First they'd eat bird eggs and small birds, including 34 species of endangered forest birds found in Hawaii such as the Maui parrotbill, crested honeycreeper and Hawaiian crow, he said.
SFGate: Top News Stories By MARK NIESSE 2011
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For three successive winters, we studied the demography and genetic structure of winter flocks in a small passerine, the vinous-throated parrotbill
Naturejobs - All Jobs J-W Lee 2010
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For three successive winters, we studied the demography and genetic structure of winter flocks in a small passerine, the vinous-throated parrotbill
Naturejobs - All Jobs J-W Lee 2010
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A number of internationally threatened species are found including lesser (red) panda Ailurus fulgens (V), Asiatic black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (V), mainland serow Capricornis sumatrensis (I), Asiatic golden cat Felis temmincki (I), Tibetan macaque Macaca thibetana (K), Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus (I) and Grey-hooded parrotbill Paradoxornis zappeyi (R).
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