Suthora
Suthora is a genus of parrotbills in the family Paradoxornithidae.
Taxonomy
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. The genus name is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill. 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.Species
The genus contains the following 12 species:| 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 south central and southwest China | |
| Eye-ringed parrotbill | Suthora ricketti | south Sichuan and north Yunnan. | |
| 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 |