Alternative name: Pale Yuhina
- Yuhina nigrimenta
Identification
With 9 - 10cm the smallest of the Yuhinas1:
- Greenish grey-brown above
- Buffy below
- Blackish face
- Crest grey with broad blackish centres
- Grey head
- Red, narrow bill
Sexes similar
Juveniles have shorter crest and upperparts, edges of wing and tail browner.
Distribution
Patchily distributed from the Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) to the east over northeastern India to northern Myanmar, southeastern and southern China, Laos, Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.1
Common in parts of its range, scarce in others.1
Taxonomy
Habitat
Broadleaf evergreen forest, secondary growth, overgrown clearings. Usually between 200 and 2000m, in some places up to 2500m.1
Behaviour
Forages in canopy and low bushes, sometimes also in grass and bushes, often in flocks of up to 20 birds and in bird-waves with other species.
Diet
Feeds on insects and their larvae. Takes also berries, seeds and flower nectar. Known to ingest grit (eg. quartz).
Breeding
Breeding season differs through range, eg. from March to July in India. The nest is a cradle or basket made with moss and other material, hanging from under a branch or attached on bamboo. Lays 3 - 6 eggs.
Resident species.1
References
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D.A. eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-96553-42-6
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chinned Yuhina. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chinned_Yuhina
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
