Biology:Yuhina

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Short description: Genus of birds

Yuhina
Yuhina diademata - 20060115.jpg
White-collared yuhina
Yuhina diademata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Yuhina
Hodgson, 1836
Type species
Yuhina gularis (stripe-throated yuhina)
Hodgson, 1836
Species

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Yuhina is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

The genus Yuhina was introduced in 1836 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the stripe-throated yuhina as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from Nepali language.[1][3] The genus was formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was moved to Zosteropidae based on results of molecular phylogenetic studies.[4][5][6]

The genus contains the following seven species:[6]

The white-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1836). "Notices of the ornithology of Nepal". Asiatic Researches 19: 143–192 [165]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43118058. 
  2. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 420. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486609. 
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  4. Cibois, Alice (2003). "Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny of Babblers (Timaliidae)". The Auk 120 (1): 35–54. doi:10.1093/auk/120.1.35. 
  5. Moyle, R.G.; Filardi, C.E.; Smith, C.E.; Diamond, J. (2009). "Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a 'great speciator'". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (6): 1863–1868. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809861105. PMID 19181851. Bibcode2009PNAS..106.1863M. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (January 2021). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sylvias/. Retrieved 17 June 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2202072 entry