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Ashy-throated Parrotbill
Suthora alphonsiana Verreaux, J, 1871
Paradoxornithidae — Parrotbills & Allies
Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Suthora alphonsiana, is a parrotbill breeding in China, with a native range that also reaches south-west China and northern Vietnam. It belongs to the family Paradoxornithidae and was described by Verreaux, J, in 1871. It is a medium-sized bird with a tawny plumage and a large bill. Older names include Alphonse's crow-tit. Although it can look like a tit, it is not part of the tit family. It lives in bamboo stands and in places with tall grasses.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradoxornithidae — Parrotbills & Allies
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: China
