Grey-hooded Fulvetta
Fulvetta cinereiceps
灰头雀鹛
Introduction
A bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. Formerly classified in Timaliidae genus Alcippe or in Sylviidae. Natural habitat is temperate forest. The species was formerly known as Manipur fulvetta, but those populations have been split and are now treated as the distinct species F. manipurensis. Similarly, the Taiwan fulvetta (F. formosana) was formerly considered a subspecies but is now treated as a separate species. Not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Distribution & Habitat
Inhabits temperate forest habitats. Specific geographic range details are not provided in the source material.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Paradoxornithidae
- Genus
- Fulvetta
- eBird Code
- sttful1
Subspecies (4)
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Fulvetta cinereiceps cinereiceps
west-central China (western Hubei to western Sichuan)
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Fulvetta cinereiceps fessa
west-central China (southern Shaanxi and Gansu)
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Fulvetta cinereiceps fucata
central China (Hubei to southern Hunan and southern Shaanxi)
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Fulvetta cinereiceps guttaticollis
highlands of southeastern China (northwestern Fujian); winters in northern Guangdong
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.