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The Taiwan yuhina is 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) in length with a chocolate brown crest and a black beard stripe descending from its beak. The bird's back, wings and tail are dark ash brown, and its lower breast is lighter in colour. Agreeing with other typical yuhinas in habitus, its colouration pattern makes it rather distinctive among the genus.
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When to see the Taiwan Yuhina
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Taiwan Yuhina
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Taiwan Yuhina
The Taiwan yuhina, also known as Formosan yuhina, is a small songbird endemic to the island of Taiwan.
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Easily confused with
Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollisThe whiskered yuhina is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularisThe stripe-throated yuhina is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalisThe rufous-vented yuhina is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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