Stripe throated Yuhina

Stripe throated Yuhina
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Beautiful drawing Pratim.

Thanks Carole Swingler maam ...

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08/11/2016
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 714 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..STRIPE THROATED YUHINA...Coloured Pencil...A5...2016...[From the ref. photograph of Mr. Arunava Sinha]... The stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Temperate oak, birch and rhododendron forest or mixed rhododendron and coniferous forest? 2–16 cm; 12–26 g. Rather large, dusky yuhina with prominent erect crest, black-streaked throat and orange-buff wing¬panel, slightly forked tail. Typically calls with loud, short, descending, very nasal “mherr” or “wherr” or “skyeer” notes. Beetles (Coleoptera), wasps (Hymenoptera) and other insects; also berries (e.g. of Heptapleurum), flower nectar of various Fowers. Not globally threatened. Common and widespread in Nepal, including in Langtang National Park. Abundant in Bhutan; one of

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