Yuhina

Yuhina is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

Yuhina
White-collared yuhina Yuhina diademata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Zosteropidae
Genus:	Yuhina Hodgson, 1836
Type species
Yuhina gularis (stripe-throated yuhina) Hodgson, 1836
Species
see text

The genus Yuhina was introduced in 1836 by the English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson with the stripe-throated yuhina as the type species.^[1][2] The genus name is from Nepali language.^[1][3] The genus was formerly placed in the family Timaliidae. It was moved to Zosteropidae based on results of molecular phylogenetic studies.^[4][5][6]

The genus contains the following seven species:^[6]

• Black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta)
• Taiwan yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps)
• Whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)
• Burmese yuhina (Yuhina humilis)
• White-naped yuhina (Yuhina bakeri)
• Stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis)
• Rufous-vented yuhina (Yuhina occipitalis)

The white-bellied erpornis (Erpornis zantholeuca) was formerly assigned to this genus, with the common name "white-bellied yuhina".