Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola)

Other Names (World)
Indochinese Yuhina, Chestnut-collared Yuhina, Collared Yuhina

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1870)

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

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB), Laos (B) (NB), Thailand (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).

Southern and south-eastern China (south-central Sichuan and eastern Yunnan east to western Hubei and Zhejiang, south to southern Guangxi and Hong Kong), northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam (Tonkin, northern and central Annam).

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 (40)...)

Indochinese Yuhina (Staphida torqueola) [XC40883]
by Jonathan Martinez from Bach Ma, Vietnam (song)

Indochinese Yuhina (Staphida torqueola) [XC721635]
by Dave Guo from Phahom slope forest, Vientiane Province, Laos (call)

Subspecies
No 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 Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) and, normally, Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Yuhina everetti).

References
See References.

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