Suthora

Suthora
Fulvous parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons)
Scientific classification
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 south central and southwest 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. Bibcode:2019MolPE.130..346C. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010 . PMID   30321696.
5. 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.