Brown-winged parrotbill

Brown-winged parrotbill
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradoxornithidae
Genus:	Suthora
Species:	S. brunnea
Binomial name
Suthora brunnea Anderson, 1871
Synonyms
Paradoxornis brunneus Sinosuthora brunnea

The brown-winged parrotbill (Suthora brunnea) is a parrotbill that was formerly placed in the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in the Sylviidae, but has been shown by molecular genetic studies to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae. The eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti) was formerly considered to be a subspecies.[2]

It is found in China and Myanmar.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognised:[2]

• S. b. brunnea Anderson, 1871 – central, east Myanmar to north, northwest Yunnan (southwest China)
• S. b. styani Rippon, 1903 – Dali area (central west Yunnan in southwest China)

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Suthora brunnea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103886982A113120841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103886982A113120841.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. 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.

Further reading

• Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp.  292–321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.