Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
| Staphida | |
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| Striated yuhina, Staphida castaniceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Staphida Swinhoe, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Siva torqueola (Indochinese yuhina) Swinhoe, 1870
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| Species | |
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Taxonomy edit
These species were formerly placed in the genus Yuhina. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that Yuhina was not monophyletic.[1] To create monophyletic genera these three species were moved to the resurrected genus Staphida that had originally been introduced in 1871 to accommodate the Indochinese yuhina by the English naturalist Robert Swinhoe in John Gould's The Birds of Asia.[2][3]
The genus contains the following three species:[3]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Striated yuhina | Staphida castaniceps | Himalayas to north-western Thailand |
| Indochinese yuhina | Staphida torqueola | Himalayas to north-western Thailand | |
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Chestnut-crested yuhina | Staphida everetti | Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia |
References edit
- ^ Cai, T.; Cibois, A.; Alström, P.; Moyle, R.G.; Kennedy, J.D.; Shao, S.; Zhang, R.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Gelang, M.; Qu, Y.; Lei, F.; Fjeldså, J. (2019). "Near-complete phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the world's babblers (Aves: Passeriformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 130: 346–356. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.010. PMID 30321696.
- ^ Gould, John (1860). "Staphida torqueola". The Birds of Asia. Vol. 4. London: self. Part 23, Plate 8 and text.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Sylviid babblers, parrotbills, white-eyes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- Del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors). (2007). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-42-2
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