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Sinosuthora
''Sinosuthora'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Paradoxornithidae. The genus was erected by the ornithologists John Penhallurick and Craig Robson in 2009. The type species is the spectacled parrotbill. It contains the following species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...: * Spectacled parrotbill (''Sinosuthora conspicillata'') * Vinous-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora webbiana'') * Ashy-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora alphonsiana'') * Brown-winged parrotbill (''Sinosuthora brunnea'') * Yunnan parrotbill (''Sinosuthora ricketti'') * Grey-hooded parrotbill (''Sinosuthora zappeyi'') * Przevalski's parrotbill (''Sinosuthora przewalskii'') References Bird genera Parrotbills {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinosuthora
''Sinosuthora'' is a genus of passerine birds in the family Paradoxornithidae. The genus was erected by the ornithologists John Penhallurick and Craig Robson in 2009. The type species is the spectacled parrotbill. It contains the following species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...: * Spectacled parrotbill (''Sinosuthora conspicillata'') * Vinous-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora webbiana'') * Ashy-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora alphonsiana'') * Brown-winged parrotbill (''Sinosuthora brunnea'') * Yunnan parrotbill (''Sinosuthora ricketti'') * Grey-hooded parrotbill (''Sinosuthora zappeyi'') * Przevalski's parrotbill (''Sinosuthora przewalskii'') References Bird genera Parrotbills {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradoxornithidae
The parrotbills are a family, Paradoxornithidae, of passerine birds that are primarily native to Eastern Asia, East and Southeast Asia (with a single species in western North America), though feral populations exist elsewhere. They are generally small, long-tailed birds that inhabit reedbeds and similar habitat. They feed mainly on seeds, e.g. of grasses, to which their bill, as the name implies, is well-adaptation (biology), adapted. Living in tropical to southern temperate climates, they are usually non-bird migration, migratory. The bearded reedling or "bearded tit", a Eurasian species long placed here, is more insectivorous by comparison, especially in summer. It also strikingly differs in morphology (biology), morphology, and was time and again placed in a monotypic family Panuridae. DNA sequence data supports this. As names like "bearded tit" imply, their general habitus and acrobatic habits resemble birds like the long-tailed tits. Together with these and others they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashy-throated Parrotbill
The ashy-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora alphonsiana'') is a parrotbill. In old sources, it may be called Alphonse's crow-tit; though superficially resembling a tit it is not a member of the Paridae. The native range of this species extends from south-west China to northern Vietnam, and it might have become naturalised in one area in Italy. Description and systematics This is a medium-sized tawny-coloured parrotbill with the large bill typical of these birds. The specific epithet commemorates the French ornithologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Formerly placed with the typical warblers (''Sylvia'') in the Sylviidae, the Old World babblers in the Timaliidae, or the tits and chickadees in the Paridae, they are now thought to belong to a distinct parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae. They might be less close to the great parrotbill (''Conostoma oemodium'') than to ''Chrysomma'', or to the fulvettas (''Fulvetta'') which were often included in the wastebin genus '' Alcippe''. Anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunnan Parrotbill
The Yunnan parrotbill (''Sinosuthora ricketti'') is a parrotbill in the Old World babbler family. This 10 cm long parrotbill is endemic to China, breeding in northwest Yunnan. It was formerly considered conspecific with the brown-winged parrotbill, ''Sinosuthora brunnea'', (sometimes the vinous-throated parrotbill, ''Sinosuthora webbiana''), but more recent revisions have found it to be a distinct species. Its behaviour is described as similar to that of vinous-throated. 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
The vinous-throated parrotbill (''Sinosuthora webbiana'') is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae; formerly, it was placed in the closely related Sylviidae or Timaliidae. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Taxonomy and systematics The vinous-throated parrotbill was described in 1852 by John Gould and placed in the genus ''Suthora'', where it sat with other small browner parrotbills. Later parrotbills were merged into two genera, ''Conostoma'' and ''Paradoxornis''; with this species being placed in ''Paradoxornis''. Recent DNA studies have shown that the genus ''Paradoxornis'' is paraphyletic, and that it should be split. It is suggested that the vinous-throated parrotbill should be placed in the genus ''Sinosuthora''. The vinous-throated parrotbill is very closely related to the ashy-throated parrotbill, and hybrids have been reported between the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-hooded Parrotbill
The grey-hooded parrotbill (''Sinosuthora zappeyi'') is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Sources * BirdLife International 2004.Paradoxornis zappeyi 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. External linksBirdLife Species Factsheet. grey-hooded parrotbill Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectacled Parrotbill
The spectacled parrotbill (''Sinosuthora conspicillata'') is a species of parrotbill bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. spectacled parrotbill Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China spectacled parrotbill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectacled Parrotbill
The spectacled parrotbill (''Sinosuthora conspicillata'') is a species of parrotbill bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to central China. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. spectacled parrotbill Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China spectacled parrotbill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown-winged Parrotbill
The brown-winged parrotbill (''Sinosuthora brunnea'') is a parrotbill often placed with the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in the Sylviidae, but it actually seems to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae. It is found in China and Myanmar. Subspecies *''S. b. ricketti'': south Sichuan and north Yunnan (China). Sometimes treated as a separate species, the Yunnan parrotbill *''S. b. styani:'' Dali of Yunnan (China). *''S. b. brunnea'': central-east Myanmar and north Yunnan (China). References 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przevalski's Parrotbill
Przevalski's parrotbill (''Sinosuthora przewalskii'') or the rusty-throated parrotbill, is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to a small area of central China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. 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 The ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International. It is the first handbook to cover every known living species of bird. T ...'', Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Przevalski's parrotbill Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China Przevalski's parrotbill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sylvioidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by the arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest clade of birds and among the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of birds.Ericson, P.G.P. et al. (2003Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds ''J. Avian Biol'', 34:3–15.Selvatti, A.P. et al. (2015"A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World" ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 88:1–15. Passerines are divided into three clades: Acanthisitti (New Zealand wrens), Tyranni (suboscines), and Passeri (oscines or songbirds). The passeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
