Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius)

Other Names (World)
Rusty-capped Fulvetta, Olive-sided Fulvetta, Rufous-backed Fulvetta, White-throated Fulvetta, Rufous-headed Tit-babbler

Family
Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Size
13.50 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hume, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar (B), Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Rusty-capped Fulvetta (dubius) [XC720027]
by Dave Guo from Baihualing, Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (song)

Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius) [XC804434]
by Mathias Ritschard from Phou Sam Soum, Xiangkhouang, Laos (song)

Subspecies
Suggested as forming a superspecies with Dusky Fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus), and often considered conspecific, but the two occur sympatrically in China and differ morphologically. Individuals of present species observed in central Laos have not been assigned to subspecies.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

mandellii (Godwin-Austen, 1876) - Bhutan, north-eastern Indian hill states and western Myanmar.
intermedius Rippon, 1900 - North-eastern and eastern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan west of R Salween).
genestieri Oustalet, 1897 - Southern China (Yunnan east of R Salween east to south-western Sichuan, western Hunan and western Guangxi), northern Laos and northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
cui Eames, JC, 2002 - South-eastern Laos and central Vietnam (central Annam).
dubius (Hume, 1874) - South-eastern Myanmar (south to northern Tenasserim) and western Thailand.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius) - 10 files

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