Yuhina gularis Hodgson, 1836

Le, Hung Manh, Ho, Thang, Le, Trung Nguyen Thoi, Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc & Nguyen, Thach Dang, 2024, New records of birds from Central Vietnam, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 133721-e 133721 : e133721-

Yuhina gularis Hodgson, 1836

Yuhina gularis Hodgson, 1836

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 393410CA-23A0-5033-A3F1-BB2784475B41; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Aves; order: Passeriformes ; family: Zosteropidae ; genus: Yuhina ; Location: country: Vietnam; stateProvince: Nghe An; locality: Ky Son ; verbatimElevation: 2,019 m; verbatimLatitude: 19 ° 13.181 ’ N; verbatimLongitude: 104 ° 06.166 ’ E

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Stripe-throated Yuhina has been recorded as a common resident in West Tonkin and the southern part of Central Annam ( Robson 2008, Craik and Minh 2018, Hung et al. 2021 b). This is the first confirmed record of the species for North Annam, Central Vietnam. Elsewhere, this species has been recorded as a resident in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal ( IUCN 2024).

Diagnosis

Size: 14-15.5 cm. Adult: Upperparts rather warm-tinged drab brown, greyish-pink breast, belly and vent deep ochre-buff with browner flanks and centres of undertail-coverts, primaries mostly blackish with some whitish fringing, tall forward-curved crest, pale pinkish to buffish throat (centre whiter) with blackish streaks, prominent pale orange-buff fringes to secondaries (Fig. 11 ). Juvenile: Slightly darker and warmer brown above, shorter crest.

Figures

Figure 11. The adult Yuhina gularis (IEBR B. 591) was photographed in the Ky Son area, Nghe An Province.