Grey-hooded_fulvetta

Grey-hooded fulvetta

Grey-hooded fulvetta

Species of bird

The grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps) 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.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

Formerly, F. cinereiceps was known as Manipur fulvetta, the birds properly referred to with this name have been split off and are now usually treated as a distinct species, F. manipurensis. Another former subspecies of F. cinereiceps that is nowadays usually considered distinct is the Taiwan fulvetta (F. formosana).

Its natural habitat is temperate forest. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Fulvetta cinereiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735182A95105024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735182A95105024.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.


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