Short-tailed Parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana)

Other Names (World)
Short-tailed Parrotbill, David's Parrotbill, David's Crowtit

Family
Sylviidae (Old World Warblers And Parrotbills)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Slater, 1897)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical seasonally wet / flooded grassland, subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From 50 - 1,830 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Short-tailed Parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana) [XC791046]
by Craig Robson from Xia Men Shi, Fu Jian Sheng, China (song)

Short-tailed Parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana) [XC68970]
by Frank Lambert from Tam Dao, Vietnam (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in a separate genus, Neosuthora. Racial identity of birds in extreme northern Laos and extreme north-western part of western Tonkin (northern Vietnam) uncertain, but they are presumed to belong with thompsoni. Likewise, birds in northern (extreme eastern part) and central (north-eastern part) Laos and neighbouring Vietnam (northern Annam) are presumed to belong with tonkinensis. Individuals of this species found in southern Hunan and northern Guangdong (south-eastern China) are of unspecified subspecies. Further study is required.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

thompsoni (Bingham, 1903) - Southern part of eastern Myanmar, north-western and extreme northern Laos, extreme north-western Vietnam (extreme north-western Tonkin) and south-eastern part of north-western and adjacent north-eastern Thailand.
tonkinensis (Delacour, 1927) - North-eastern and north-central Laos and adjacent north-central Vietnam (northern Annam and eastern Tonkin).
davidianus (Slater, 1897) - Southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian, in eastern China.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana) - 10 files

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