Javan Fulvetta - BirdForum Opus

Photo by imam
Gunung Merapi National Park, Yogyakarta, Java, August 2011

Identification

14.5 - 15cm. A dull chestnut and buff fulvetta.

Chestnut-brown crown and back
Very faint darker lateral crownstripes from above lores to nape
Rufous-chestnut on rump and uppertail-coverts, upperwing-coverts and wing fringes
Deep warm brown tail with dark rufescent-chestnut outer fringes

Endemic to west and central Java, Indonesia. Restricted-range species, but common in its range.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Has been treated as subspecies of Brown-cheeked Fulvetta.

Broadleaf evergreen submontane to montane forest. Found at 1000m to 1830m.

Usually seen in small groups, sometimes in mixed feeding flocks with other species.

Feeds on insects.

Breeding season all year except September. The nest is a loos cup fixed in a horizontal fork, close to the ground. Lays 2 eggs.

Resident species.

Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Javan Fulvetta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Javan_Fulvetta