White-naped Yuhina Yuhina bakeri
White-naped Yuhina, Shemgang, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image

Shemgang, Bhutan
March 2008

The White-naped Yuhina is distributed from eastern Nepal through Bhutan to north Myanmar and southern China. It is found in evergreen forest from 300 to 2,200 metres.

White-naped Yuhina, Shemgang, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image It has a rufous crest which is white at the rear. The lores are dark and the ear coverts have broad whitish streaks. Upperparts are mid-brown with faint streaking while underparts move from a whitish chin to buff breast with streaks and a paler belly. The bill is dark and the legs are brown to tan.
White-naped Yuhina, Shemgang, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image They feed on insects and berries and often travel in small flocks including mixed flocks of other yuhinas and fulvettas.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information is available via Avibase.

White-naped Yuhina, Shemgang, Bhutan, March 2008 - click for larger image
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