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Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Yuhina

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta · 黑颏凤鹛

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Distribution & Habitat

Found in the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayas eastwards to contiguous hilly regions of Southeast Asia. The range includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, and Thailand.

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Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Zosteropidae
Genus
Yuhina

Distribution

northern India eastward to central and southeastern China, southward to western Myanmar, northern and central Laos, Vietnam, and far eastern Cambodia

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.