Yuhina | |
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White-collared yuhina Yuhina diademata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Zosteropidae |
Genus: |
Yuhina Hodgson, 1836 |
Type species | |
Yuhina gularis (
stripe-throated yuhina)
Hodgson, 1836
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Species | |
see text |
Yuhina is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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]
The white-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".