| 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 | |
| Species | |
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Yuhina is agenus of birds in the white-eye familyZosteropidae.
The genusYuhina was introduced in 1836 by the English naturalistBrian Houghton Hodgson with thestripe-throated yuhina as thetype species.[1][2] The genus name is fromNepali language.[1][3] The genus was formerly placed in the familyTimaliidae. It was moved to Zosteropidae based on results ofmolecular phylogenetic studies.[4][5][6]
The genus contains the following seven species:[6]
Thewhite-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".
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