Striated Yuhina

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Striated Yuhina
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Yuhina
Species: Y. castaniceps
Binomial name
Yuhina castaniceps
(Moore, 1854)
Synonyms

Staphida castaniceps

The Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) is a bird species in the White-eye family Zosteropidae.

Ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  • Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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