Black-chinned yuhina
| Black-chinned yuhina | |
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| From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Yuhina |
| Species: | Y. nigrimenta
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| Binomial name | |
| Yuhina nigrimenta Blyth, 1845
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The black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
It is found in the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayas eastwards to contiguous hilly regions of Southeast Asia. The species ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, as well as subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Yuhina nigrimenta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716750A94509276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716750A94509276.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Yuhina
- Birds of Nepal
- Birds of Bhutan
- Birds of Northeast India
- Birds of China
- Birds of Laos
- Birds of Vietnam
- Birds described in 1845
- Taxa named by Edward Blyth
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