''Suthora'' is a genus of
parrotbills in the family
Paradoxornithidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Suthora'' was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist
Brian Houghton Hodgson with the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
as ''Suthora nipalensis'', the
black-throated parrotbill. The genus name is the
Nepalese word for the
black-throated parrotbill (''Suthora nipalensis''). The genus now includes species formerly placed in the genera ''Neosuthora'', ''Chleuasicus'', and ''Sinosuthora''. These genera are now considered as
junior synonyms of ''Suthora'' based on the results of a
molecular phylogenetic study by Tianlong Cai and collaborators published in 2019.
Species
The genus contains the following 12 species:
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References
Bird genera
Parrotbills
Birds of Indochina
Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson
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