Parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae)
Golden Parrotbill (Paradoxornis verreauxi) - HBW 12, p. 318
French: Paradoxornis de Verreaux
German: Goldstirn-Papageimeise
Spanish: Picoloro Dorado
Other common names: Blyth’s Parrotbill
Taxonomy: Suthora verreauxi Sharpe, 1883, “le Thibet oriental”; type specimen from Baoxing, Sichuan, China.
Initially described by J. Verreaux as Suthora gularis, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Sometimes placed together with P. conspicillatus, P. webbianus, P. brunneus, P. alphonsianus, P. zappeyi, P. przewalskii, P. fulvifrons, P. nipalensis and P. atrosuperciliaris in a separate genus, Suthora. Has in the past been considered conspecific with P. nipalensis, but is very distinct morphologically; race craddocki has erroneously been listed for that species by some authors. In China, birds from Ailao Sh.. View all taxonomy...
Initially described by J. Verreaux as Suthora gularis, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Sometimes placed together with P. conspicillatus, P. webbianus, P. brunneus, P. alphonsianus, P. zappeyi, P. przewalskii, P. fulvifrons, P. nipalensis and P. atrosuperciliaris in a separate genus, Suthora. Has in the past been considered conspecific with P. nipalensis, but is very distinct morphologically; race craddocki has erroneously been listed for that species by some authors. In China, birds from Ailao Shan (C Yunnan) of uncertain racial identity, currently included within craddocki; specimens from Guizhou have sometimes been assigned to race pallidus, but this seems unlikely from a geographical point of view. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- verreauxi (Sharpe, 1883) - C China (NC to SC Sichuan, and SE Shaanxi S to SW Hubei).
- craddocki (Bingham, 1903) - extreme E Myanmar (E of R Salween) E to N Laos and extreme N Vietnam (W Tonkin, NW part of E Tonkin), and S China disjunctly in C Yunnan (Ailao Shan), E Guangxi (Yao Shan), S Hunan and N Guangdong.
- pallidus (La Touche, 1922) - N Fujian, in E China.
- morrisonianus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Taiwan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling from a bambu tangle. Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan (ssp morrisonianus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2011 47 weeks ago 24 sec 3
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A bird dancing on a branch.
Locality Wawu Shan, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp verreauxi)
Nick Athanas 30 April 2006 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird perched on a bambu stem, calling.
Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan (ssp morrisonianus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2011 47 weeks ago 1.9 -
A far bird.
Locality Taiwan (ssp morrisonianus)
Guy Poisson 23 March 2008 1 year ago 1.8
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Calls by one bird while moving in dense vegetation with bambu. Locality Dasyueshan National Forest Recreation Area, Taichung County, Taiwan
(ssp morrisonianus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 April 2011 47 weeks ago 4
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