Brown parrotbill

Brown parrotbill
Zuluk, Sikkim, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Paradoxornis
Species:
P. unicolor
Binomial name
Paradoxornis unicolor
(Hodgson, 1843)
Synonyms

Cholornis unicolor

The brown parrotbill (Paradoxornis unicolor) is a parrotbill found in the central and eastern Himalayas. It is also known as the brown suthora.[2] This is a 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) long grey-brown bird with a long tail and a characteristic small, yellowish, parrot-like bill. A dark stripe runs above the eyes and along the sides of the crown. The bird moves in small groups and will sometimes join mixed species foraging flocks.[3] It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.

Originally described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the genus Hemirhynchus, this species was later moved to the genus Heteromorpha.[4] It is now usually treated as a member of the family Paradoxornithidae, where its closest relative is the three-toed parrotbill.[5] Subspecies canaster, described by Thayer and Bangs in 1912 from Hsikang, and saturatior, described by Rothschild in 1921 from Yunnan, are generally not considered valid.[6]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cholornis unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716787A94510829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716787A94510829.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Grewal, Bikram; Harvey, Bill & Pfister, Otto (2014). Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: and the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutanh, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & the Maldives. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions. p. 495. ISBN 9781462914852.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2. Washington DC and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions. p. 462.
  4. ^ Penhallurick J & C Robson (2009). "The generic taxonomy of parrotbills (Aves, Timaliidae)" (PDF). Forktail. 25: 137–141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-10.
  5. ^ Yeung, CKL; Rong-Chien Lina; Fumin Lei; Le Man Hung; Wei Liang; F Zhou; L Hang; S-H Lia & X Yang (June 2011). "Beyond a morphological paradox: Complicated phylogenetic relationships of the parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae, Aves)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (1): 192–202. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.004. PMID 21704175.
  6. ^ Deignan HG; RA Paynter Jr. & S D Ripley (1964). Mayr, E & Paynter, R A Jr. (eds.). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 432.
  • 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.


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