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Yuhina brunneiceps · Family Zosteropidae

Yuhina brunneiceps

Family Zosteropidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Zosteropidae
GBIF occurrence records
254,258
Countries and territories with records
4
Taiwan yuhina
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About this species

This species has 254,258 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Taiwan accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Yuhina brunneiceps combines the genus name Yuhina with the species epithet brunneiceps. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Yuhina; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Yuhina flavicollis, Yuhina gularis and Yuhina occipitalis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Zosteropidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zosterops lateralis. Its record count is 9 times the family average (28,156). The family Zosteropidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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