Suthora
Fulvous parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Suthora
Hodgson, 1837
Type species
Suthora nipalensis
Hodgson, 1837

Suthora is a genus of parrotbills in the family Paradoxornithidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Suthora was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the type species as Suthora nipalensis, the black-throated parrotbill.[1][2] The genus name is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).[3] The genus now includes species formerly placed in the genera Neosuthora, Chleuasicus, and Sinosuthora. These genera are now considered as junior synonyms of Suthora based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study by Tianlong Cai and collaborators published in 2019.[4][5]

Species

The genus contains the following 12 species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Short-tailed parrotbill Suthora davidiana China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Fulvous parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons Nepal, Bhutan, China
Black-throated parrotbill Suthora nipalensis Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.
Golden parrotbill Suthora verreauxi China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Pale-billed parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand
Spectacled parrotbill Suthora conspicillata central China
Grey-hooded parrotbill Suthora zappeyi central China
Brown-winged parrotbill Suthora brunnea Myanmar to sc and sw China
Eye-ringed parrotbill Suthora ricketti south Sichuan and north Yunnan (China).
Vinous-throated parrotbill Suthora webbiana China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam
Ashy-throated parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana China, Vietnam
Przevalski's parrotbill Suthora przewalskii central China

References

  1. ^ Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1837). "Indications of some new forms belonging to the Parianae". India Review and Journal of Foreign Science and the Arts. 2 (1): 30–34 [32].
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 431.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. "Suthora". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ^ Cai, T.; Cibois, A.; Alström, P.; Moyle, R.G.; Kennedy, J.D.; Shao, S.; Zhang, R.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Gelang, M.; Qu, Y.; Lei, F.; Fjeldså, J. (2019). "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 346–356. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010. PMID 30321696.
  5. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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