Grey-cheeked fulvetta

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Grey-cheeked fulvetta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alcippeidae
Genus: Alcippe
Species:
A. morrisonia
Binomial name
Alcippe morrisonia
R. Swinhoe, 1863

The grey-cheeked fulvetta or Morrison's fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) is a bird in the family Alcippeidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. The grey-cheeked fulvetta is part of a species complex and the nominate morrisonia is now restricted to endemic Taiwan birds, with the David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi), Huet's fulvetta (Alcippe hueti) and Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula) now recognised as a separate species. [2]

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Distribution

It is a year-round resident throughout Taiwan. [3] It is found in evergreen mountain forests.

Characteristics

This 15-cm long bird has a grey head with a white eye ring and a long black eye stripe running from the bill down the sides of the neck. The upperparts are olive and the underparts are yellow.

Its call is a weak chi-chi-chu-chui. It will readily join mixed-species feeding flocks. [4]

Notes

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Alcippe morrisonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22716644A94504173. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22716644A94504173.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Family Alcippeidae". IOC World Bird List . International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. McKinnon & Phillips, A Field Guide to the Birds of China, plate 108
  4. "BirdyInfo.com - Grey-cheeked Fulvetta". Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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