Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillata)

Other Names (World)
Spectacled Parrotbill, Spectacled Crowtit

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(David, 1871)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,000 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillata) [XC23422]
     by Frank Lambert from Jiuzhaigou (town), Sichuan, China (song)

Spectacled Parrotbill (Sinosuthora conspicillata) [XC161097]
     by Frank Lambert from Reed Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed together with Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana), Brown-winged Parrotbill (Sinosuthora brunnea), Ashy-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora alphonsiana), Grey-hooded Parrotbill (Sinosuthora zappeyi), Rusty-throated Parrotbill (Sinosuthora przewalskii), Fulvous Parrotbill (Suthora fulvifrons), Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), Golden Parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi) and Black-browed Parrotbill (Chleuasicus atrosuperciliaris) in a separate genus, Suthora. Subspecies rocki not very distinct (slightly thicker bill was greatly exaggerated in the text figure in type description), and supposedly paler plumage and lighter brown head not discernible on museum specimens examined. Species may be better treated as montypic.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

conspicillatus (David, 1871) - Central China from eastern Qinghai east to southern Gansu, north-central and north-eastern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi, China.

rocki (Bangs & Peters, JL, 1928) - Western Hubei, in east-central China.

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