Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Yuhina everetti)

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1887)

Habitat
Primary and secondary hill to upper montane and kerangas forest. From 550 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Borneo.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually large flocks of 10 - 30.

Voice
Soft buzzing notes and chattering notes uttered in flight.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Staphida everetti) [XC46551]
by Frank Lambert from Rafflesia Information Centre, Crocker Range, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call, song)

Chestnut-crested Yuhina (Staphida everetti) [XC655973]
by Kim Chuah Lim from Sabah (near Ranau), Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah, Malaysia (call)

Nest
Cup-shaped, composed of moss and fibers located in a small hole of a mossy bank about 0.5 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 6; white to pinkish-white with dark reddish and grey spots.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes place in Staphida or Minla. In past, normally treated as conspecific with Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) and Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola).

References
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