Alternative name: Slaty-headed Yuhina
- Yuhina occipitalis
Identification
With 12-14 cm (4¾-5½ in) a rather large Yuhina1:
- Prominent crest, crown feathers dark greyish-brown, rear side crown feathers rufous-chestnut
- Ear-coverts and nape grey
- Blackish sub-moustachial streak
- Mantle and back mid-brown
- Rump pale olive brown
- Slightly forked tail dark brown
Sexes similar, juveniles duller.
Similar Species
Confusion possible with Stripe-throated Yuhina, but colour of crest, submoustachial stripe, unstreaked throat and wings are distinctive.
Distribution
Occurs in the Himalayas from Central Nepal east to Bhutan and north-eastern India. Also in northern Myanmar and southern China (south-western Sichuan and north-western and central Yunnan).
Common in most of its range.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[2]
Habitat
Mainly in oak-rhododendron forest but also other types of broadleaf evergreen forest. In summer from 2200m to 3600m, in winter lower.1
Behaviour
Outside breeding season found in groups of up to 15 birds, often together with other species in bird-waves, eg. Stripe-throated Yuhina.
Diet
Feeds on insects, sometimes nectar. In winter takes also berries.
Breeding
Breeding season from April to June. Different types of nest are known, eg a cup of moss, placed in a tree fork (about 1m high). Lays 2 or more eggs.
Movements
Resident with altitudinal movements.1
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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Rufous-vented Yuhina. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Rufous-vented_Yuhina
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