Babblers (Timaliidae)
Rusty-capped Fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius) - HBW 12, p. 155
French: Alcippe à calotte rouille
German: Braunkappenalcippe
Spanish: Fulveta Coronirrufa
Other common names: Olive-sided/Rufous-backed/White-throated Fulvetta, Rufous-headed Tit-babbler
Taxonomy: Proparus dubius Hume, 1874, “outskirts of the Pine forests above the Salweenâ€, Salween District, Tenasserim, Myanmar.
Genus usually merged into Alcippe. Suggested as forming a superspecies with S. brunneus, and often considered conspecific, but the two occur sympatrically in China and differ morphologically. Individuals of present species observed in C Laos have not been assigned to race. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mandellii ( Godwin-Austen, 1876) - Bhutan, NE Indian hill states and W Myanmar.
- intermedius Rippon, 1900 - NE & E Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan W of R Salween).
- genestieri ( Oustalet, 1897) - S China (Yunnan E of R Salween E to SW Sichuan, W Hunan and W Guangxi), N Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
- mandellii ( Godwin-Austen, 1876) - Bhutan, NE Indian hill states and W Myanmar.
- intermedius Rippon, 1900 - NE & E Myanmar and S China (W Yunnan W of R Salween).
- genestieri ( Oustalet, 1897) - S China (Yunnan E of R Salween E to SW Sichuan, W Hunan and W Guangxi), N Laos and N Vietnam (Tonkin).
- cui ( J. C. Eames, 2002) - SE Laos and C Vietnam (C Annam).
- dubius ( Hume, 1874) - SE Myanmar (S to N Tenasserim) and W Thailand.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on a fruit Locality Kunming, Yunnan, China (Southern)
Keith Blomerley 19 November 2007 4 years ago 10 sec 4.3 -
A bird singing in the undergrowth Locality Tengchong, Yunnan, China (Southern)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 3.7
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after snow,feeding on Pyracantha seeds
Locality Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 22 January 2007 2 years ago 2
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