Biology:Eye-ringed parrotbill

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Eye-ringed parrotbill
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Suthora
Species:
S. ricketti
Binomial name
Suthora ricketti
(Rothschild, 1922)
Synonyms

Paradoxornis brunneus ricketti Sinosuthora brunneus ricketti

The eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti), also known as the Yunnan parrotbill, is a species of bird in the parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae. This 10 cm long parrotbill is endemic to China , breeding in northwest Yunnan.

It was formerly considered conspecific with the brown-winged parrotbill Suthora brunnea, (sometimes the vinous-throated parrotbill, Suthora webbiana), but more recent studies have found it to be a distinct species.[2] Its behaviour is described as similar to that of vinous-throated.[3]

References

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q8061335 entry