David's fulvetta

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David's fulvetta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alcippeidae
Genus: Alcippe
Species:
A. davidi
Binomial name
Alcippe davidi
Styan, 1896

David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi) is a species in the family Alcippeidae. It is distributed across Myanmar, Laos, mainland China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The conservation status of this species is assessed as Least Concern. [1]

David's fulvetta weighs approximately 15.3 grams, with a wing length of about 60.9 millimeters, a beak length of around 12.3 millimeters, a bill width of approximately 3 millimeters, a bill thickness of about 3.8 millimeters, tarsometatarsus length of around 19.2 millimeters, and a tail length of about 52.4 millimeters. David's fulvetta is a partially migratory bird that inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrublands, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its diet is omnivorous, with terrestrial invertebrates being its primary food source. [2]

Subspecies

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References

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