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Suthora

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Suthora
Fulvous parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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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

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  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.