Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)

Other Names (World)
Whiskered Yuhina, Yellow-naped Yuhina

Family
Zosteropidae (White-eyes And Yuhinas)

Size
12.50 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hodgson, 1836

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,065 - 3,050 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (96)...)

Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) [XC661240]
by Jelle Scharringa from Doi Lang, near Upper Army Checkpoint, Thailand (call)

Whiskered Yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) [XC19891]
by Frank Lambert from Namling, Bhutan (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Burmese Yuhina (Yuhina humilis), and until recently considered conspecific.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

albicollis (Ticehurst & Whistler, 1924) - Northern India (Himachal Pradesh) east to western Nepal.
flavicollis Hodgson, 1836 - Central Nepal east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) and adjacent southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
rouxi (Oustalet, 1896) - North-eastern India (south-eastern Arunachal Pradesh south to hill states south of R Brahmaputra), west, northern and eastern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan), north-western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
rogersi Deignan, 1937 - Eastern part of north-western Thailand.
constantiae Ripley, 1953 - North-central and central Laos.
clarki (Oates, 1894) - Eastern Myanmar. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Burmese Yuhina (Yuhina humilis).

References
See References.

Files:

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