Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia (B), China (mainland), India, Laos (B), Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.
From northern India (eastern from Kumaon, in Uttaranchal Pradesh) east to all north-eastern hill states and northern and western Myanmar, adjacent south-eastern Xizang (Zayu), central, southern and south-eastern China (northern and north-eastern Sichuan, eastern Jiangxi, southern Zhejiang, north-western Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi), northern and central Laos, Vietnam (Tonkin, northern and southern Annam) and extreme eastern Cambodia.
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).
Black-chinned Yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) [XC78611]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India (call)
Black-chinned Yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) [XC388738]
by Mike Dooher from Tashiding, West Sikkim, India (call)
Subspecies
Geographical variation clinal, with slight increase in size and underpart pallor from east to west. Proposed subspecies intermedia (from north-eastern Myanmar and central and southern China south to northern Laos and southern Vietnam) and pallida (highlands of Fujian, in south-eastern China) appear to represent middle stage and end, respectively, of this cline.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
nigrimenta Blyth, 1845 - Central, eastern Himalayas to south-eastern China south to northern, southern Indochina.
intermedia Rothschild, 1922 - Myanmar to southern China (Liaoning, Sichuan, Yunnan) and northern Indochina.
pallida La Touche, 1897 - Highlands of south-eastern China (north-western Fujian, Guangxi and Guangdong).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet