Yuhina
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| Yuhina | |
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| White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Yuhina Hodgson, 1836 |
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Yuhina (from yuhin, Nepali for Y. gularis)[1] is a genus of bird in the Zosteropidae family. Some taxonomists place the group in the Old World babbler Timaliidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)
- Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola)
- Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Yuhina everetti)
- White-naped Yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
- Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)
- Burmese Yuhina (Yuhina humilis)
- Stripe-throated Yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
- White-collared Yuhina (Yuhina diademata)
- Rufous-vented Yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis)
- Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps)
- Black-chinned Yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta)
The White-bellied Yuhina (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly in this genus.
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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