Three-toed Parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxus)

Other Names (World)
Three-toed Parrotbill, Three-toed Crowtit

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
20 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1870)

Habitat
Temperate forest and shrubland. From 1,500 - 3,660 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Three-toed Parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxus) [XC359039]
by id from Longcangou, Ya'an, Sichuan, China (call)

Three-toed Parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxus) [XC184284]
by Jarmo Pirhonen from Longcangou, Ya'an, Sichuan, China (call)

Subspecies
This species and Brown Parrotbill (Cholornis unicolor) sometimes placed in a separate genus, Heteromorpha. Although taipaiensis was first mooted as a distinct subspecies in 1937, it was not formally described as such until 36 years later.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

paradoxus Verreaux, J, 1871 - Southern Gansu south to south-central Sichuan, also Daba Mts (north-eastern Sichuan-south-eastern Shaanxi), in central China.
taipaiensis (Cheng, Lo & Chao, 1973) - Qinling Mts, in southern Shaanxi (central China).

References
See References.

Files:

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