Yuhina
Genus of birds
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Yuhina is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
| Yuhina | |
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| White-collared yuhina Yuhina diademata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Yuhina Hodgson, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Yuhina gularis (stripe-throated yuhina) Hodgson, 1836 | |
| Species | |
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The genus Yuhina was introduced in 1836 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the stripe-throated yuhina as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from Nepali language.[1][3] The genus was formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was moved to Zosteropidae based on results of molecular phylogenetic studies.[4][5][6]
The genus contains the following seven species:[6]
- Black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta)
- Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps)
- Whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)
- Burmese yuhina (Yuhina humilis)
- White-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
- Stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
- Rufous-vented yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis)
The white-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".