parrotbill

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From parrot +‎ bill.

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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.

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