White-browed fulvetta

Species of bird

The white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe or in the Sylviidae.

Ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Gallery

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  Head pattern of F. v. chumbiensis from Sikkim, India
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  Species F. v. chumbiensis from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India
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  In Phoolchoki Forest, Godawari, Lalitpur Nepal.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Fulvetta vinipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716601A131881815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716601A131881815.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• BirdLife International 2004. Alcippe vinipectus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
• Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.