The eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti), also known as the Yunnan parrotbill, is a species of bird in the parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae. This 10 cm long parrotbill is endemic to China, breeding in northwest Yunnan.
| Eye-ringed parrotbill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Suthora |
| Species: | S. ricketti
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| Binomial name | |
| Suthora ricketti (Rothschild, 1922)
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| Synonyms | |
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Paradoxornis brunneus ricketti Sinosuthora brunneus ricketti | |
It was formerly considered conspecific with the brown-winged parrotbill Suthora brunnea, (sometimes the vinous-throated parrotbill, Suthora webbiana), but more recent studies have found it to be a distinct species.[2] Its behaviour is described as similar to that of vinous-throated.[3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Suthora ricketti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103887001A113121204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103887001A113121204.en. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Parrotbills: Paradoxornis or Suthora". 1999. Archived from the original on 2005-09-09.
- 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.
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