Striated Yuhina
Staphida castaniceps
栗耳凤鹛
Introduction
A bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is found from the Himalayas to north-western Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Distribution & Habitat
Range extends from the Himalayas to north-western Thailand. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Zosteropidae
- Genus
- Staphida
- eBird Code
- stryuh1
Subspecies (4)
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Staphida castaniceps castaniceps
southern Assam to southwestern Myanmar (Chin Hills and Arakan Mountains)
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Staphida castaniceps plumbeiceps
northern Assam to northern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan)
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Staphida castaniceps rufigenis
northeastern India (Darjeeling) and Sikkim
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Staphida castaniceps striata
mountains of eastern Myanmar to northwestern Thailand
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.