Indochinese Yuhina

Indochinese Yuhina

Yuhina torqueola

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Chongqing

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

6 Verified sightings at Chongqing
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Indochinese Yuhina

The Indochinese yuhina or chestnut-collared yuhina (Staphida torqueola) is a bird in the family Zosteropidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1870. BirdLife International (2024). Staphida torqueola. Downloaded on 4 March 2025. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Hong Kong SAR China · 2026

© lava_chen · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Hong Kong SAR China · 2022

© johnallcock · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Guiyang 🇨🇳 China
~20%
2 Chongqing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
3 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 China
<5%
4 Hangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
5 Guangzhou 🇨🇳 China
<5%
6 Shanghai 🇨🇳 China
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Indochinese Yuhina in Chongqing?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indochinese Yuhina sighting in Chongqing on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 58th most-seen of the 65 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Indochinese Yuhina in Chongqing?

January–March and October

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indochinese Yuhina in Chongqing on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and November–December, the lowest months. Those are among Chongqing's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 210 mm in June. September has too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see an Indochinese Yuhina?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indochinese Yuhina sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Chongqing the best place to see an Indochinese Yuhina?

2nd of 6

Of the 6 cities where we can rate Indochinese Yuhina sightings, Chongqing ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Guiyang (China, about 20%).

Where does the Indochinese Yuhina sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Indochinese Yuhina is recorded against all the birds logged in Chongqing (6 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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