NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Przevalski's Parrotbill
Suthora przewalskii Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Przevalski's parrotbill (Suthora przewalskii) or the rusty-throated parrotbill, is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. It is endemic to a small area of central China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Przevalski's parrotbill; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:58:05.222164+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Suthora przewalskii Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
- Name authority
- Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
- Common name
- Przevalski's Parrotbill
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradoxornithidae
- Genus
- Suthora
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyParadoxornithidae
- genusSuthora Hodgson, 1837
- speciesSuthora przewalskii Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Suthora. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifrons (Hodgson, 1845) | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed ParrotbillSuthora davidiana H. H. Slater, 1897 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled ParrotbillSuthora conspicillata A. David, 1871 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-winged ParrotbillSuthora brunnea Anderson, 1871 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana Gould, 1852 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy-throated ParrotbillSuthora alphonsiana J. Verreaux, 1871 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden ParrotbillSuthora verreauxi Sharpe, 1883 | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sinosuthora przewalskii (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) | synonym |
| Paradoxornis przewalskii (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) (Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Berezovskii, M., and Valentin Lvovich Bianchi. (1891). Ptitsy Gansuiskago Puteshestviia G.N. Potanina 1884-1887: Materialy Po Ornitologii Kitaia, Glavnym Obrazom Iuzhnoi Chasti Provintsii Gansy. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:DDDMR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.