Grey-hooded fulvetta
The grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe.
| Grey-hooded fulvetta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Fulvetta |
| Species: | F. cinereiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Fulvetta cinereiceps (Verreaux, 1870) | |
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Alcippe cinereiceps | |
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 are temperate forests. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
References
- BirdLife International (2004). "Alcippe cinereiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Collar, N.J. & Robson, Craig (2007): Family Timaliidae (Babblers). In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Christie, D.A. (eds.): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 12 (Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees): 70-291. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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