White-browed fulvetta

The white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe.

Head pattern of Fulvetta vinipectus chumbiensis from Sikkim, India.
Species Fulvetta vinipectus chumbiensis from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India.

White-browed fulvetta

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradoxornithidae
Genus: Fulvetta
Species:
F. vinipectus
Binomial name
Fulvetta vinipectus
(Hodgson, 1837)

Ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is endemic to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

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