Chestnut-crested yuhina

Chestnut-crested yuhina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Zosteropidae
Genus:Yuhina
Species: Y. everetti
Binomial name
Yuhina everetti
(Sharpe, 1887)
Synonyms

Staphida everetti

The chestnut-crested yuhina (Yuhina everetti) is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species has been included in the genus Staphida, along with the chestnut-collared yuhina and the striated yuhina of mainland Asia, and all three have been considered a single species. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia where it is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] Its natural habitat is broadleaf evergreen submontane and montane forests, forest edge and secondary growth from 100–2,800 m (330–9,190 ft). They are common and are often one of the most common species in their range.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Yuhina everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.
  3. ↑ Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.


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