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Taxonomic note

The genus Suthora has been moved from the family Sylviidae to Paradoxornithidae following Cai et al. (2019). Previously placed in Chleuasicus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) but moved to current genus following Cai et al. (2019). Previously listed as Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris. Racial identity of birds in W Arunachal Pradesh (W of R Dihang), in NE India, uncertain, presumed to belong with oatesi. 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.

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as generally rather uncommon, although fairly common at some scattered sites (del Hoyo et al. 2007). This species is considered to have a medium dependency on forest habitat, and tree cover is estimated to have declined by 8.1% within its mapped range over the past 10 years (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). Therefore, as a precautionary measure, it is tentatively suspected that this loss of cover may have led to a decline of between 1-19% in the species' population size over the same time frame.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pale-billed Parrotbill Suthora atrosuperciliaris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pale-billed-parrotbill-suthora-atrosuperciliaris on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.