Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Taiwan Yuhina
Yuhina brunneiceps
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
Taiwan's pointy-headed cherry-blossom thief, hanging upside down to drink nectar in noisy little gangs. Cooperative breeders — even the babysitting is a flock affair.
- Population
- Taiwan endemic; common in mountain forest
- Habitat
- Taiwan endemic; mid- to high-elevation broadleaf and mixed forest, 1,000–2,800 m
- Diet
- nectar from cherry blossoms, small fruit and berries, insects
- Size
- 0.13 m
- Wingspan
- 0.18 m
