Whiskered yuhina

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Whiskered yuhina

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Zosteropidae
Genus: Yuhina
Species:
Y. flavicollis
Binomial name
Yuhina flavicollis
Hodgson, 1836
Whiskered Yuhina at Nainital

The whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) is a

mixed hunting parties with other yuhina and fulvetta species,[3] but it has also been reported to not associate with mixed hunting parties in some areas.[4] It is described as one of the commonest yuhinas in the Himalayas, although it is relatively uncommon to rare at low elevations.[2] It prefers relatively undisturbed closed canopy cover.[5] It is one among several other birds hunted by livestock herders in Northeast India.[6]

References

  1. . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b BirdLife International. "Species factsheet: Yuhina flavicollis". birdlife.org. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ VOGEL, C J; SWEET, P R; HUNG, LE MANH; HURLEY, M M (2003). "Ornithological records from Ha Giang province, north-east Vietnam, during March-June 2000" (PDF). Forktail. 19: 21–30. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
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  6. ^ Mazumdar, Kripaljyoti; Samal, Prasanna K.; Gupta, Abhik (April 2014). "Hunting of avifauna in proposed Tsangyang Gyatso Biosphere Reserve, Western Arunachal Pradesh" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal. XXIX (4): 5. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  • 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.