Short-tailed parrotbill
The short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana) is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Suthora |
| Species: | S. davidiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Suthora davidiana H. H. Slater, 1897 | |
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Paradoxornis davidianus H. H. Slater, 1897 Neosuthora davidiana | |
This genus differs from Suthora in having the tail less graduated and much shorter, not more than three-fourths the length of the wing; the bill is larger and much deeper in proportion; the wing is still more rounded, the 4th to the 7th being subequal. It contains but one species, of which a subspecies, N. d. thompsoni ("Thompson's suthora"), is found within India.
Top and sides of the head bright cinnamon-rufous; hind neck, back and rump pale slate-grey, more or less washed with olive; wings and tail grey-brown, the quills edged with bright rufescent brown; chin and throat black; breast grey tinged with buff, more especially on the centre; flanks, abdomen and lower tail-coverts clear brownish ochraceous. Bill fleshy horny; irides hazel; legs plumbeous grey. Total length about 95 to 100 mm.; wing 50 to 52 mm.; tail 36 to 38 mm.
This subspecies is found in the Southern Shan States.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Neosuthora davidiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716832A94513537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716832A94513537.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under Public domain. Text taken from The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma – Birds (Volume 1), Edward Charles Stuart Baker, Secretary of State for India in Council. Genus Neosuthora.
- 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.