Suthora is a genus of parrotbills in the family Paradoxornithidae.
The genus Suthora was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the type species as Suthora nipalensis, the black-throated parrotbill.[1] [2] The genus name is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).[3] 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.[4] [5]
The genus contains the following 12 species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-tailed parrotbill | Suthora davidiana | China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam | |
| Fulvous parrotbill | Suthora fulvifrons | Nepal, Bhutan, China | |
| Black-throated parrotbill | Suthora nipalensis | Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. | |
| Golden parrotbill | Suthora verreauxi | China, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. | |
| Pale-billed parrotbill | Suthora atrosuperciliaris | Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand | |
| Spectacled parrotbill | Suthora conspicillata | central China | |
| Grey-hooded parrotbill | Suthora zappeyi | central China | |
| Brown-winged parrotbill | Suthora brunnea | Myanmar to sc and sw China | |
| Eye-ringed parrotbill | Suthora ricketti | south Sichuan and north Yunnan (China). | |
| Vinous-throated parrotbill | Suthora webbiana | China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam | |
| Ashy-throated parrotbill | Suthora alphonsiana | China, Vietnam | |
| Przevalski's parrotbill | Suthora przewalskii | central China | |