White-browed Fulvetta

Fulvetta vinipectus · 白眉雀鹛

IUCN: Least Concern Found in China

Introduction

A bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae, formerly included in Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It ranges across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, inhabiting temperate forests.

Distribution & Habitat

Endemic to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. Natural habitat is temperate forests.

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Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbful1) CBR v12.0 (#1101) Avibase

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.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Fulvetta

Subspecies (8)

Fulvetta vinipectus austeni

hill forest of southern Assam (south of the Brahmaputra)
Fulvetta vinipectus bieti

southern China (Sichuan to northwestern Yunnan and southeastern Tibet)
Fulvetta vinipectus chumbiensis

montane forest of eastern Nepal to southeastern Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan
Fulvetta vinipectus kangrae

Himalayas (Kashmir to northwestern Uttar Pradesh)
Fulvetta vinipectus perstriata

northeastern Myanmar (Kachin State) to southern China (western Yunnan)
Fulvetta vinipectus ripponi

western Myanmar (highest regions of the Chin Hills)
Fulvetta vinipectus valentinae

northern Vietnam (Fan Si Pan Mountains)
Fulvetta vinipectus vinipectus

montane forest of western and central Nepal

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbful1) CBR v12.0 (#1101) Avibase

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.

Introduction

Distribution & Habitat

Data Sources

Taxonomy

Subspecies (8)

Data Sources

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