Brown parrotbill
| Brown parrotbill | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Sylviidae |
| Genus: | Cholornis |
| Species: | C. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Cholornis unicolor (Hodgson, 1843) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paradoxornis unicolor | |
The brown parrotbill (Cholornis unicolor) is a parrotbill found in the central and eastern Himalayas. It has earlier been called a brown suthora.
This is a 17–19 cm 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. They move in small groups and will sometimes join mixed species foraging flocks.[1] It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Originally described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the genus Hemirhynchus this species was later included in the genus Heteromorpha.[2] They are now usually treated as members of the family Paradoxornithidae within which its closes relative is the three-toed parrotbill.[3] Subspecies canaster described by Thayer and Bangs in 1912 from Hsikang and saturatior described by Rothschild in 1921 froom Yunnan are generally not considered valid.[4]
References
- ↑ Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton (2005). Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Volume 2. Washington DC and Barcelona: Smithsonian Institutio and Lynx Edicions. p. 462.
- ↑ Penhallurick J & C Robson (2009). "The generic taxonomy of parrotbills (Aves, Timaliidae)" (PDF). Forktail. 25: 137–141.
- ↑ Yeung, CKL; Rong-Chien Lina; Fumin Lei; Le Man Hung; Wei Liang; F Zhou; L. Hang; S-H Lia; X Yang (2011). "Beyond a morphological paradox: Complicated phylogenetic relationships of the parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae, Aves)". 61 (1): 192–202. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.004.
- ↑ 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.
- BirdLife International 2004. Paradoxornis unicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- 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.