Taiwan Yuhina

Yuhina brunneiceps Ogilvie-Grant, 1906

Taiwan Yuhina, Yuhina brunneiceps, is a passerine of Taiwan’s hill forests in the Oriental Region, where it breeds. It belongs to the white-eyes family and was described by Ogilvie-Grant in 1906. Endemic to Taiwan, it is a small songbird with a chocolate brown crest and a black stripe running down from the bill. Its back, wings and tail are dark ash brown, while the lower breast is paler. It is most often found in forest at mid to high elevations, and it is distinctive within its group.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Zosteropidae — White-eyes

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Taiwan