Stripe-throated Yuhina - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Eastern Stripe-throated Yuhina

Photo by Ayuwat J
Lama Camp, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Yuhina gularis

Identification

Subspecies omiensis
Photo by paux
W. Yunnan, China, February 2016

With 12 - 16cm (4¾-6¼ in) a rather large, dusky Yuhina¹:

Black-streaked throat
Brownish crest
Orange-buff wing panel
Slightly forked tail
Ear-coverts and face greyish
Underparts rufous
Wings and tail brownish-grey

Similar Species

Can be confused with Rufous-vented Yuhina, but note throat, wing panel and crest.

Distribution

Found in the Himalayas from Northern India east to Nepal, Bhutan, North-eastern India, Northern Myanmar, Southern China (Yunnan, Sichuan), Northern Laos and Vietnam.
Common or abundant in parts of its range.¹

Taxonomy

Subspecies gularis
Photo by nhattanla
Fansipan Mt., Vietnam, May 2017

Subspecies

Clements² accepts four subspecies:

Y. g. vivax in the Western Himalayas
Y. g. gularis from Nepal to Tibet, Southern China, Western Myanmar and Northern Vietnam
Y. g. uthaii in Central Vietnam
Y. g. omiensis in Southern China

Habitat

Different types of forest: Oak forest, birch forest, rhododendron forest, mixed rhododendron and coniferous forest, sometimes also bamoo and low scrub. Breeding range between 1200m - 3600m, in Himalayas from 2100m up.¹

Behaviour

Resident species with some altitudinal movement (down to 1700m in the Himalayas in January).¹

Diet

Feeds on insects like beetles or wasps. Takes also berries, flower nectar and seeds. Usually seen in small groups, often in mixed bird-waves with other small Babblers eg. Rufous-vented Yuhina. Behaviour similar to Tits, but acts slower.

Breeding

Breeding season between March and August. The nest is a quite large dome with a side entrance, made of moss, fern and roots and placed in a branch fork of a bush, in a palm crown, in bamboo or even between rocks. Lays 4 eggs.

Vocalisation

Recording by china guy, Sichuan, China, August 2011

References

Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422
Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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