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Taxonomic note

The genus Paradoxornis has been moved from the family Sylviidae to Paradoxornithidae following Cai et al. (2019). Previously placed in Psittiparus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Cai et al. (2019): it had been placed in Paradoxornis prior to that change.

Formerly considered conspecific with P. margaritae. Six subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2013	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	29 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,970,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	-	-
Generation length	3.03 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally uncommon to fairly common (del Hoyo et al. 2007). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 7.9% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

Trend justification:   .

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
India	extant	native	yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Laos	Eastern Bolikhamxay Mountains
Laos	Nakai-Nam Theun
Laos	Nam Et
Laos	Nam Ha
Laos	Phou Ahyon
Laos	Phou Dendin
Laos	Phou Loeuy
Thailand	Doi Chiang Dao
Thailand	Doi Inthanon
Thailand	Doi Suthep-Pui
Thailand	Mae Fang
Thailand	Mae Jarim National Park
Vietnam	Fan Si Pan
Vietnam	Kon Ka Kinh
Vietnam	Ngoc Linh
Vietnam	Pu Mat
Vietnam	Sinh Long
Vietnam	Tay Con Linh
Vietnam	Van Ban
Vietnam	Vu Quang

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	200 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-headed-parrotbill-paradoxornis-gularis on 04/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 04/12/2024.