Brown-winged Parrotbill (Suthora brunnea)
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Brown-winged Parrotbill

Suthora brunnea Anderson, 1871

It often stays hidden in scrub and thorny vegetation, mainly in the mountains in summer and on fern-rich grassy slopes in winter.

Busiest months: January · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Brown-winged Parrotbill has been recorded at 16 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Laifengshan National Forest ParkChina50 records
  2. Baihualing [General Area]China36 records
  3. JiangjiazhaiChina15 records
More places
  1. TongbiguanChina5 records
  2. Beihai WetlandsChina4 records
  3. Baihualing – Uphill RoadChina3 records
  4. LinjiazhaiChina2 records
  5. Heshun Old Town – Mallard LakeChina2 records
  6. Dulong River ValleyChina2 records
  7. Hongmu VillageChina1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

China

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The brown-winged parrotbill (Suthora brunnea) is a parrotbill that was formerly placed in the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in the Sylviidae, but has been shown by molecular genetic studies to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae. The eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti) was formerly considered to be a subspecies.

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Questions

Where does the Brown-winged Parrotbill live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Myanmar to southwestern China. It is most often recorded in China.

When is the best time to see the Brown-winged Parrotbill?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in January (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Brown-winged Parrotbill endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Brown-winged Parrotbill as Least Concern.

What family is the Brown-winged Parrotbill in?

It belongs to the family Parrotbills & Allies (Paradoxornithidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Conservation
Least Concern

Range

Oriental: Myanmar to southwestern China

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 2
  • Suthora brunnea brunnea c, e Myanmar to n, nw Yunnan (sw China)
  • Suthora brunnea styani Dali area (wc Yunnan in sw China)

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Parrotbills & Allies Paradoxornithidae
Genus
Suthora

Other birds in the genus Suthora

Short-tailed ParrotbillShort-tailed ParrotbillSuthora davidianaFulvous ParrotbillFulvous ParrotbillSuthora fulvifronsBlack-throated ParrotbillBlack-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensisGolden ParrotbillGolden ParrotbillSuthora verreauxiPale-billed ParrotbillPale-billed ParrotbillSuthora atrosuperciliarisSpectacled ParrotbillSpectacled ParrotbillSuthora conspicillataGrey-hooded ParrotbillGrey-hooded ParrotbillSuthora zappeyiEye-ringed ParrotbillEye-ringed ParrotbillSuthora rickettiVinous-throated ParrotbillVinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbianaAshy-throated ParrotbillAshy-throated ParrotbillSuthora alphonsianaPrzevalski's ParrotbillPrzevalski's ParrotbillSuthora przewalskii
Brown-winged Parrotbill

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