Striated Yuhina Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Psittiparus ruficeps
Family : Paradoxornithidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Striated Yuhina is a small grey-brown passerine with a rufous crown. The adult has grey-brown upperparts with narrow white streaks on the back, and a dark brown, rounded tail with white tips to the outer feathers. It has a short rufous crest with pale scales, a narrow white supercilium, and rufous ear-coverts with fine white streaks. The underpars are off-white to greyish-white. Its short bill is light reddish-horn with a purplish base and gape. It has pale hazel irises, dull reddish or flesh coloured legs and feet. The male and the female look alike. Juveniles have a browner back and a shorter crest. It feeds on insects, seeds and nectar. It breeds in April-July.
Other Species from Group
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Garrulax monileger
(White‑crested Laughingthrush) -
Zosterops palpebrosus
(Red-billed Scimitar-babbler) -
Phylloscopus tristis
(Siberian Chiffchaff) -
Iduna caligata
(Booted Warbler) -
Pellorneum ruficeps
(Marsh Babbler) -
Abroscopus superciliaris
(Mountain Tailorbird) -
Tesia cyaniventer
(Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler) -
Paradoxornis flavirostris
(Spot‑breasted Parrotbill) -
Orthotomus sutorius
(Common Tailorbird) -
Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
(White‑browed Scimitar-babbler)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:photo credit: Gyeltshen Gyeltshen (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Gyeltshen Gyeltshen ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Peter Boesman(www.xeno-canto.org/Peter Boesman), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:photo credit: Gyeltshen Gyeltshen (www.inaturalist.org/people/ Gyeltshen Gyeltshen ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Peter Boesman(www.xeno-canto.org/Peter Boesman), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.