Yuhina is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae that are found in the Himalayas and mainland Southeast Asia
Taxonomy The genus Yuhina was introduced in 1836 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the stripe-throated yuhina as the type species. The genus name is from the Nepali language. The genus was formerly placed in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae. It was moved to Zosteropidae based on results of molecular phylogenetic studies.
The genus contains the following seven species: Image Common name Scientific name DistributionBlack-chinned yuhinaYuhina nigrimentanorthern India eastward to central and southeastern China, southward to western Myanmar, northern and central Laos, Vietnam, and far eastern CambodiaTaiwan yuhinaYuhina brunneicepsmontane forest of TaiwanWhiskered yuhinaYuhina flavicollisHimalayasBurmese yuhinaYuhina humilisMyanmar to central LaosWhite-naped yuhinaYuhina bakerimountains of northeastern India (Assam) to Myanmar and southern China (northwestern Yunnan)Stripe-throated yuhinaYuhina gularis Himalayas to south China and central VietnamRufous-vented yuhinaYuhina occipitalisHimalayas to south China
The white-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".
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