Alternative names: Common Fulvetta; Grey-eyed Fulvetta; Quaker Babbler; Nilgiri Quaker Babbler
- Alcippe poioicephala
Identification
16,5 cm. A rather indistinctive, large fulvetta
- Brown and buff upperparts
- Grey crown
- Dark cheeks
- Whitish throat
- Short dark bill
- Lacks white eye-ring
Subspecies differ mainly in tone of plumage.
Distribution
Southeast Asia. From India east to Burma, Indochina, Thailand and southern China.
Common or very common in parts of its range.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- A. p. brucei in central and south India
- A. p. poioicephala in the Western Ghats in southwest India
- A. p. fusca from eastern Bangladesh to northeast India to Burma
- A. p. phayrei in southwest Burma
- A. p. haringtoniae in east Burma and northwest Thailand
- A. p. alearis in south China (Yunnan), Laos, north Vietnam and northern Thailand
- A. p. karenni in southern Burma and adjacent west Thailand
- A. p. davisoni in extreme southern Burma and northern peninsular Thailand
Sometimes considered to be conspecific with Javan Fulvetta.
Habitat
Bushes and small trees in evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, teak, secondary growth, sholas, mixed bamboo-jungle, scrub and occasionally gardens. Recorded from 855m to 1520m.
Behaviour
The diet includes nectar and insects.
Forages in middle storey and undergrowth. Usually seen in groups of 6 - 10 birds, often in bird-waves.
Breeding seasn in India from January to November, January to September in most of range. It builds a cup nest from moss, lichen, leaves and grass; 2-3 eggs are laid and are incubated for about 10 days with the young fledging after a further 12 days.
Resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- 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
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown-cheeked Fulvetta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-cheeked_Fulvetta
