The brown parrotbill (''Cholornis unicolor'') is a parrotbill found in the central and eastern Himalayas. It is also known as the brown suthora. This is a 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. It is found in

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. Originally described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in the genus ''Hemirhynchus'', this species was later moved to the genus ''Heteromorpha''. It is now usually treated as a member of the family Paradoxornithidae, where its closest relative is the

three-toed parrotbill The three-toed parrotbill (''Cholornis paradoxus'') is a species of parrotbill in the family Parrotbill, Paradoxornithidae. It is Endemism, endemic to central China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. References Sources

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. 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.

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References

*Robson, C. (2007). Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills) pp. 292 – 321 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''

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brown parrotbill The brown parrotbill (''Cholornis unicolor'') is a parrotbill found in the central and eastern Himalayas. It is also known as the brown suthora. This is a long grey-brown bird with a long tail and a characteristic small, yellowish, parrot-like b ...

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