Chestnut-crested yuhina (original) (raw)
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Species of bird
| Chestnut-crested yuhina | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Staphida |
| Species: | S. everetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Staphida everettiSharpe, 1887 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Staphida everetti |
The chestnut-crested yuhina (Staphida everetti) is a species of bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species has been included in the genus Staphida, along with the Indochinese 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
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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]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Yuhina everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716725A132112660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716725A132112660.en. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin & Phillipps, Karen (2011). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Oxford, UK: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-56-2.[_page needed_]
- ^ 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.