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Vinous-throated Parrotbill

🇳🇱 Bruinkopdiksnavelmees ·Suthora webbiana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)
Vinous-throated Parrotbill, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The vinous-throated parrotbill ( Suthora webbiana ) is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae; formerly, it was placed in the closely related Sylviidae or Timaliidae. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

base stats

  • NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,751iNaturalist observations
  • weight 10 gadult, up to
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,751 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Weighs only about 10 g.
  • Scientifically named by John Gould in 1852 (174 years ago).
  • Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.

fact sheet

English
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
Nederlands
Bruinkopdiksnavelmees
scientific name
Suthora webbiana
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Paradoxornithidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
in NL
introduced
sightings in NL
1
sightings in Europe
64
sightings worldwide
4,751
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
10 g
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1852 by John Gould

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1505899, Wikidata Q28646473, GBIF 8750564, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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