''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
Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a pioneer natural history, naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident (title), Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals fr ...
with the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
as ''Suthora nipalensis'', the
black-throated parrotbill. The genus name is the
Nepalese word for the
black-throated parrotbill (''Suthora nipalensis''). The genus now includes species formerly placed in the genera ''Neosuthora'', ''Chleuasicus'', and ''Sinosuthora''. These genera are now considered as
junior synonym
In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
...
s of ''Suthora'' based on the results of a
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
study by Tianlong Cai and collaborators published in 2019.
Species
The genus contains the following 12 species:
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References
Bird genera
Parrotbills
Birds of Indochina
Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson
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