The parrotbills are a family, Paradoxornithidae, of passerine birds that are primarily native to East, Southeast and South Asia, with a single species in western North America, though feral population
Spot breasted Parrotbill Chiang Mai Thailand S4E9657
Garima Bhatia Fire tailed Myzornis IMG 1977
Golden breasted Fulvetta Bhutan S4E0339
Yellow eyed babbler Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar
The wrentit is a small bird that lives in chaparral, oak woodlands, and bushland on the western coast of North America, from Oregon south through California to northern Baja California. It is the only
Parrotbill
…insectivorous species that traditionally were placed in Timaliidae (Old World babblers), for example the fulvettas and fire-tailed myzornis, along with the wrentit (a species with a conflicting taxonomic history), have been moved into Paradoxornithidae. DNA sequence data supports this. Their general habitus and…
Wrentit Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve, California
Wrentit in the Marin Headlands on the California coast.