The Black-headed Parrotbill is recorded in southern Annam, in southern Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. It has a black cap and pale cheek area, and small flocks move through scrub along forest edges from lower vegetation to the canopy.
It has a black cap, a faint dark patch on the cheek and generally warm-toned plumage.
It uses scrub along forest edges and moves in small flocks through several forest layers, from lower vegetation up to the canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.