Nepal fulvetta | |
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In Nagarkot, Nepal | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Alcippeidae |
Genus: | Alcippe |
Species: | A. nipalensis |
Binomial name | |
Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) | |
The Nepal fulvetta (Alcippe nipalensis) or Nepal alcippe, as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this species, is a bird species in the family Alcippeidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
It played an important role in the founding of modern ornithology and anthropology fields in Japan, because of its inclusion in an article titled “Ornithomancy of Taiwan’s Savages (台湾蕃人の鳥占),” from which it was later able to be identified by Japanese scientists. He noted that it is related to birds found in the Himalayas. [2]
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