- Suthora brunnea
Sinosuthora brunnea
Paradoxornis brunnea
Identification
12 - 13cm.
- Bright chestnut crown to uppermost mantle and head side
- Warm brown upperparts, upperwings and tail
- Vinous throat and upper breast with darker chestnut streaks
- Pale belly, buff-tinged rest of underparts
- White orbital skin
- Brownish-yellow to whitish-yellow bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles have a duller and paler crown and uppermost mantle.
Similar species
Differs from Vinous-throated Parrotbill by brighter crown which contrasts more with upperparts, plain wings (no chestnut) and darker chestnut streaks on throat and breast.
Distribution
South China (Yunnan and Sichuan) and north Myanmar.
Uncommon to fairly common in its restricted range.
Taxonomy
Brown-winged Parrotbill formerly included Eye-ringed Parrotbill. This species was formerly regarded as conspecific with Vinous-throated Parrotbill.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- S. b. brunnea in east and central Myanmar and east to south China (Yunnan)
- S. b. styani in Dali region, Yunnan (China)
Habitat
Found in scrub, grass and thickets. Sometimes in open forest or at forest edge. At 1525 - 2375m in Myanmar, 1830 - 2800m in China.
Behaviour
Feeds on grass and seeds.
Outside breeding season usually seen in pairs or fast-moving groups of up to 35 or more birds.
Breeding season from April to June. The nest is a deep compact cup-shaped structure made of grasses. It's placed up to 60cm above the ground in grass, brambles or rushes. Lays 2 - 4 egggs.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-winged Parrotbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-winged_Parrotbill
External Links
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