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The ashy-throated parrotbill, (''Sinosuthora alphonsiana''), is a parrotbill. In old sources, it may be called Alphonse's crow-tit; though superficially resembling a tit it is not a member of the Paridae. The native range of this species extends from south-west China to northern Vietnam, and it might have become naturalised in one area in Italy.〔Bangs (1932), Robson (2007), BLI (2008)〕 ==Description and systematics== This is a medium-sized tawny-coloured parrotbill with the large bill typical of these birds. The specific epithet commemorates the French ornithologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Formerly placed in a distinct parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae or with the Old World babblers in the Timaliidae or the tits and chickadees in the Paridae, they are now included with the typical warblers (''Sylvia'') in the Sylviidae.〔Alström ''et al.'' (2006), Jønsson & Fjeldså (2006), Robson (2007)〕 They might be less close to the great parrotbill (''Conostoma oemodium'') – which was also in the "Paradoxornithidae" – than to ''Chrysomma'', or to the fulvettas (''Fulvetta'') which were often included in the wastebin genus ''Alcippe''. Another relative might be the wrentit (''Chamaea fasciata''), the only known American member of the Sylviidae in the modern circumscription. The former two, and occasionally also the wrentit, were traditionally considered Old World babblers.〔Cibois (2003), Alström ''et al.'' (2006), Jønsson & Fjeldså (2006), Pasquet ''et al.'' (2006), Yeung ''et al.'' (2006)〕 Together with the other lineages of parrotbills, these and the golden-breasted fulvetta (''Lioparus chrysotis'') and white-browed Chinese warbler (''Rhopophilus pekinensis'') form an Asian counterpart to the westward radiation of the typical warblers. Rather than two genera – ''Paradoxornis'' and the monotypic ''Conostoma'' –, the parrotbills are better considered several independent lineages which show pronounced convergent evolution, due to adaptation to reedbed habitat and a more granivorous diet than their skulking warbler-like ancestor. In this case, the ashy-throated parrotbill would probably be assigned to genus ''Sinoparadoxornis''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashy-throated parrotbill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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