Rusty-throated Parrotbill / Sinosuthora przewalskii
Rusty-throated Parrotbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Suthora Przewalskii Av.Exped.Potanini p.67 pl.2 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Sinosuthora
Taxonomy Code: rutpar2
Type Locality: Hsiku and Minchow districts, southern Kansu.
Author: Berezowski & Bianchi
Publish Year: 1891
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
SINOSUTHORA
(Sylviidae; Ϯ Spectacled Parrotbill S. conspicillata) Mod. English Sino- Chinese- < Late L. Sinae Chinese < Gr. Σιναι Sinai Chinese; genus Suthora Hodgson, 1837, parrotbill; "Sinosuthora new genus Diagnosis: small parrotbills 11-15cm in length. Relatively plain in coloration, with brown to rufous-chestnut-fringed wings; all lack pronounced lateral crown-stripes. Type: Suthora conspicillata A. David, 1871. Gender: feminine" (Penhallurick & Robson 2009). The Spectacled Parrotbill is confined to China, where all the other members of the genus are also found, with a few outlying populations in bordering countries.
Synon. Sinoparadoxornis.
przewalskii
Gen. Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888) Russian Army, explorer, naturalist in Central Asia (subsp. Cinclus cinclus, subsp. Eremophila longirostris, Grallaria, syn. Lanius excubitor homeyeri, syn. Loxia curvirostra tianschanica, subsp. Saxicola torquatus, Sinosuthora, Sitta, subsp. Tetraogallus tibetanus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)