Babblers (Timaliidae)
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) - HBW 12, p. 154
French: Alcippe à joues brunes
German: Graukopfalcippe
Spanish: Fulveta Cariparda
Other common names: Common/Grey-eyed Fulvetta; (Nilgiri) Quaker Babbler (poioicephala)
Taxonomy: Thimalia [sic] poioicephala Jerdon, 1841, Coonoor Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, India.
Has sometimes been considered conspecific with A. pyrrhoptera. Races in peninsular India (nominate and brucei), with somewhat different songs from those of other races, considered possibly to represent a separate species. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brucei Hume, 1870 - C & S India.
- poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841) - Western Ghats, in W India.
- fusca Godwin-Austen, 1877 - E Bangladesh and NE India (S Assam) E to N, NW & NC Myanmar.
- brucei Hume, 1870 - C & S India.
- poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841) - Western Ghats, in W India.
- fusca Godwin-Austen, 1877 - E Bangladesh and NE India (S Assam) E to N, NW & NC Myanmar.
- phayrei Blyth, 1845 - SW Myanmar (E to R Irrawaddy).
- haringtoniae E. J. O. Hartert, 1909 - E Myanmar and NW Thailand.
- alearis (Bangs & Van Tyne, 1930) - S China (SE Yunnan), N & C Laos, N Vietnam (W Tonkin) and N Thailand.
- karenni Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - SE & S Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim) and adjacent W Thailand.
- davisoni Harington, 1915 - extreme S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and N peninsular Thailand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, foraging. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp poioicephala)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird taking a bath. Locality Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaiyaphum Province, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp alearis)
Yoel Jimenez 2 February 2012 10 weeks ago 21 sec 4 -
birds taking a bath Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp karenni)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch. Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 10 December 2010 40 weeks ago 14 sec 3.8 -
First a bird on a branch and later taking a bath. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 10 February 2010 2 years ago 10 sec 3.3 -
A bird bathing with a male Blue-throated Blue-flycatcher. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp poioicephala)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 18 sec 3
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on a branch
Locality North Goa District, Goa, India
Lior Kislev 7 February 2011 15 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird foraging in a tree.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp poioicephala)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched inside a bush
Locality Kunjapanai, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp poioicephala)
vasanthan.p.j 29 October 2011 30 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird foraging
Locality The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp poioicephala)
vasanthan.p.j 7 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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Song. Locality Kaeng Krachan National Park, Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 14 December 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Two birds in song duet, one close one further away Locality Munnar, Kerala, India
(ssp brucei or poioicephala)
Stuart Fisher 12 February 2006 3 years ago 4 -
A bird singing several times.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp poioicephala)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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