Babblers (Timaliidae)
Striated Yuhina (Staphida castaniceps) - HBW 12, p. 146
French: Yuhina à tête marron
German: Rotohryuhina
Spanish: Yuhina Estriada
Other common names: White-browed/Chestnut-headed Yuhina
Taxonomy: Ixulus castaniceps F. Moore, 1854, Afghanistan; error = Khasi Hills, Assam, India.
Usually placed in genus Yuhina. Formerly treated as conspecific with S. torqueola and, normally, S. everetti. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufigenis ( Hume, 1877) - Sikkim and Darjeeling E to Bhutan and NE India (W Arunachal Pradesh).
- plumbeiceps Godwin-Austen, 1877 - NE India (E Arunachal Pradesh S to Nagaland), N Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan).
- castaniceps ( F. Moore, 1854) - NE Indian hill states (W & S of Nagaland), SE Bangladesh, and W & SW Myanmar.
- striata ( Blyth, 1859) - E & S Myanmar (including Tenasserim) and NW & W Thailand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A dull bird and then a more brightly marked one on low branches Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp plumbeiceps)
Keith Blomerley 8 November 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding in a tree Locality Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp plumbeiceps)
Keith Blomerley 7 November 2007 4 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
A bird foraging around. Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 24 November 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 2.8 -
This group of Yuhina's where togheter with sibia's and tits i a big flock. Locality Mae Wong National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 6 December 2009 2 years ago 7 sec 2.5 -
A bird foraging high in a tree Locality Doi Suthep National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp striata)
Josep del Hoyo 10 November 2004 5 years ago 12 sec 2.2
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Bird on a branch
Locality Doi Suthep National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp Staphida castaniceps striata)
António José Gonçalves 26 February 2011 1 year ago 3.2
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birds in flock calling and singing Locality Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam
(ssp torqueola)
Desmond Allen 31 July 1996 2 years ago 3.5
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