Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)

Other Names (World)
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta, Common Fulvetta, Grey-eyed Fulvetta, Gray-eyed Fulvetta, Quaker Babbler (poioicephala), Nilgiri Quaker Babbler (poioicephala)

Family
Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes And Allies)

Size
15.50 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jerdon, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) [XC747111]
by Bram Piot from Nam Ngan forest west, Luang Namtha, Laos (call, song)

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) [XC319830]
by Bram Piot from Khlong Suan, Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Suratthani Province, Thailand (song)

Subspecies
Has sometimes been considered conspecific with Javan Fulvetta (Alcippe pyrrhoptera). Subspecies in peninsular India (nominate and brucei), with somewhat different songs from those of other subspecies, considered possibly to represent a separate species.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

brucei Hume, 1870 - Central and southern India.
poioicephala (Jerdon, 1844) - Western Ghats, in western India.
fusca Godwin-Austen, 1877 - Eastern Bangladesh and north-eastern India (southern Assam) east to north, north-western and north-central Myanmar.
phayrei Blyth, 1845 - South-western Myanmar (east to R Irrawaddy).
haringtoniae Hartert, 1909 - Eastern Myanmar and north-western Thailand.
alearis (Bangs & van Tyne, 1930) - Southern China (south-eastern Yunnan), northern and central Laos, northern Vietnam (western Tonkin) and northern Thailand.
karenni Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - South-eastern and southern Myanmar (south to northern Tenasserim) and adjacent western Thailand.
davisoni Harington, 1915 - Extreme southern Myanmar (southern Tenasserim) and northern peninsular Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) - 10 files

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