Biology:Black-chinned yuhina

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Short description: Species of bird

Black-chinned yuhina
Black-chinned Yuhina Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary West Bengal India 05.11.2015.jpg
From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India .
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Yuhina
Species:
Y. nigrimenta
Binomial name
Yuhina nigrimenta
Blyth, 1845

The black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

It is found in the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayas eastwards to contiguous hilly regions of Southeast Asia. The species ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India , Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, as well as 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3726300 entry