Alternative name: Spectacled Crowtit
- Sinosuthora conspicillata
Identification
14 - 15cm. A small and long-tailed Parrotbill:
- Prominent white eyering in sooty-coloured face
- Dull chestnut-brown forehead to nape
- Greyish olive-brown upperparts with buff tinge
- Drab greyish-brown tail
- Pinkish-grey to pinkish-brown underparts with broad sooty-brown streaks on throat and upper breast
- Yellow to yellow-white bill
Sexes similar, juveniles darker and more uniform above.
Similar species
Recalling Vinous-throated Parrotbill, but note eyering, bill colour, tail and wings.
Distribution
Found in central China (Qinghai to Gansu, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei).
Rather uncommon in its limited range.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- S. c. rocki in Hubei
- S. c. conspicillata in most of range
This species was formerly placed in the genus Paradoxornis.
Habitat
Temperate forests and moist montanes. Found at 1000 - 3300m.
Behaviour
No information about diet.
Usually seen in small groups of up to 15 birds, sometimes more. Forages low in vegetation.
Breeding season from June to August. No information about nest or clutch size.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spectacled Parrotbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spectacled_Parrotbill
