Grey-cheeked fulvetta

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Grey-cheeked fulvetta
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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 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, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (eds.). "Family Alcippeidae". IOC World Bird List . 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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