Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps) [XC815573]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal (?)
Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps) [XC666491]
by Ding Li Yong from Doi Inthanon National Park (near Tambon Tha Pha), Amphoe Mae Chaem, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (call, song)
Subspecies
Alcippe castaneceps (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps) and Black-crowned Fulvetta (Schoeniparus klossi) following Collar (2006).
Formerly treated as conspecific with closely related Black-crowned Fulvetta (Schoeniparus klossi). Birds of this species in far eastern Myanmar, north-western Laos and central and southern Yunnan (China) have not yet been assigned to subspecies.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
castaneceps (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal east to Bhutan and all north-eastern Indian hill states, southern China (south-eastern Xizang, western and north-western Yunnan), north, west, eastern and south-eastern Myanmar and north-western and western Thailand.
exul Delacour, 1932 - Northern Thailand, north, central and south-western Laos, northern Vietnam (Tonkin, northern Annam) and southern China (south-eastern Yunnan east to western Guangxi).
stepanyani Eames, JC, 2002 - South-eastern Laos and central Vietnam.