Alcippe (bird)

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Alcippe
Alcippe peracensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae Genus: Alcippe Blyth, 1844
Species
Alcippe morrisonia Alcippe peracensis Alcippe brunneicauda Alcippe grotei Alcippe poioicephala Alcippe pyrrhoptera Alcippe nipalensis

Alcippe is a genus of birds in the Timaliidae (typical babbler) family. It used to be a catchall for the "fulvettas", but has been recently split into 5 independent genera: Alcippe, Schoeniparus, Fulvetta, Pseudominla and Lioparus.

[edit] References

• Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) Pp. 70 - 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.