The black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
| Black-chinned yuhina | |
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| From Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Yuhina |
| Species: | Y. nigrimenta
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| Binomial name | |
| Yuhina nigrimenta Blyth, 1845
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It is found in the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayas eastwards to contiguous hilly regions of Southeast Asia. The species ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, as well as subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Yuhina nigrimenta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22716750A94509276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716750A94509276.en.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70–291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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