Gold-fronted Fulvetta (Schoeniparus variegaticeps)

Other Names (World)
Golden-fronted Fulvetta, Gold-fronted Fulvetta, Golden Fulvetta, Golden Tit-babbler, Variegated Fulvetta, Yellow-fronted Fulvetta, Yen's Fulvetta

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Yen, 1932)

Habitat
Subtropical and montane broadleaved forest, usually with extensive shrub and bamboo undergrowth, often in small stream valleys. From c.700 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B) (NB).

South-central and southern Sichuan and, disjunctly, north-eastern and eastern Guangxi, in southern China.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Loss and fragmentation of forest through logging, conversion to agriculture and, in Guangxi, uncontrolled fire, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Golden-fronted Fulvetta (Schoeniparus variegaticeps) [XC323818]
by id from Longcanggou, Yingjing, Sichuan, China (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps) has black eye-stripe and chestnut cap and forehead, speckled white.

References
See References.

Files:

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