Brown-winged Parrotbill (Suthora brunnea) - BirdLife species factsheet

Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

The genus Suthora has been moved from the family Sylviidae to Paradoxornithidae following Cai et al. (2019). Previously placed in Sinosuthora (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Cai et al. (2019). Until recently considered conspecific with S. ricketti as Paradoxornis brunneus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) (see related note).
Elsewhere considered conspecific with S. webbiana (and S. alphonsiana) by some authors, but widely accepted treatment as separate species supported by differences in skeletal features of skull. Ranges of nominate and styani meet at S end of Dali Valley, at least; latter may be result of secondary intergradation, but museum specimens appear uniform in plumage characters, suggesting that it is a valid subspecies. Two subspecies recognized.

Taxonomic source(s)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International. 2021. Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: https://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	169,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	2.46 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon to fairly common (del Hoyo et al. 2007). The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	1525 - 2800 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/brown-winged-parrotbill-suthora-brunnea on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.