Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)

Other Names (World)
Striated Yuhina, White-browed Yuhina, Chestnut-headed Yuhina

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
11.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Moore, 1854)

Habitat
Lower forest canopy. From 300 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B) (NB), Bhutan (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), Hong Kong (China) (B) (NB), India (B) (NB), Myanmar (B) (NB), Nepal (B) (NB).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A repetitive 'ser-weet ser-weet ser-weet' or 'di-duit di-duit'. Constant chattering in flocks. Also a series of high-pitched 'tchi-chi' notes.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Striated Yuhina (Staphida castaniceps) [XC362841]
by Albert Lastukhin from Tambon Nong Kae, Amphoe Hua Hin, Chang Wat Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (alarm call)

Striated Yuhina (Staphida castaniceps) [XC154706]
by Scott Olmstead from Doi Chiang Dao, near temple, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
Yuhina castaniceps (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) and Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola) following Collar (2006).

Formerly treated as conspecific with Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola) and, normally, Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Yuhina everetti).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

castaniceps (Moore, 1854) - North-eastern Indian hill states (western and south of Nagaland), south-eastern Bangladesh, and western and south-western Myanmar.
rufigenis (Hume, 1877) - Sikkim and Darjeeling east to Bhutan and north-eastern India (western Arunachal Pradesh).
plumbeiceps (Godwin-Austen, 1877) - North-eastern India (eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to Nagaland), northern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
striata (Blyth, 1859) - Eastern and southern Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and north-western and western Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) - 10 files

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