Babblers (Timaliidae)
Spectacled Fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) - HBW 12, p. 140
French: Fulvetta de Verreaux
German: Rotscheitelalcippe
Spanish: Fulveta de Verreaux
Taxonomy: Siva ruficapilla J. Verreaux, 1870, “les montagnes du Thibet chinois” = western Sichuan, China.
Genus commonly merged with Alcippe. Formerly treated as conspecific with F. danisi. Birds recorded in S China (Yunnan and Guizhou) probably belong in present species on basis of range, but not yet compared with type of F. danisi. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruficapilla ( J. Verreaux, 1870) - C China (S Gansu and S Shaanxi S to SC & NE Sichuan).
- sordidior ( Rippon, 1903) - S China (W & C Yunnan E to SW Sichuan and W Guizhou).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging low down on a tree trunk Locality Kunming, Yunnan, China (Southern) (ssp sordidior)
Keith Blomerley 19 November 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 3.5
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A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp ruficapilla)
James Eaton 16 July 2012 26 weeks ago 4
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Bird moving through the bushes and sing Locality Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 22 May 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Bird moving through the bushes Locality Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 22 May 2010 2 years ago 4
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