Prakruti Parichay
ZosteropidaeYuhina

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimentz

11–11 cmVery Small
Beak
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Feet
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Crest
Has a crest

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. Small, short-tailed, mainly olive-brown yuhina with grey-streaked black crest to greyish head, black chin and lores, and white to pale grey throat and upper breast contrasting with buffish of rest of underparts. Has red lower mandible with dark tip, and legs and feet are orange-yellow. Moist subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest secondary growth and overgrown clearings.

Colour

GreyBlackOliveBrown
Average size
11 cm
Habitat
Moist subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest secondary growth and overgrown clearings.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas and NE Indian hills. Small, short-tailed, mainly olive-brown yuhina with grey-streaked black crest to greyish head, black chin and lores, and white to pale grey throat and upper breast contrasting with buffish of rest of underparts. Has red lower mandible with dark tip, and legs and feet are orange-yellow. Moist subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest secondary growth and overgrown clearings.

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Black-chinned Yuhina is bigger than Flight Chin Hills Wren Babbler but smaller than Indian Silverbill.

This bird

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimentz

11–11 cm