Whiskered yuhina
(Khướu mào cổ hung, Yuhina flavicollis)
The whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
The range of the bird range extends across the Himalayan forests in northern India to northeast Indian states, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and in the east to Indochina including Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Traits:
- Crested;
- White-eyeringed;
- White-throated;
- Orange-collared;
Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
The genus name is from Nepali language.
flavicollis: flavi New Latin from flāvus (“yellow”); Modern Latin -collis, "-necked".
