Grey-hooded Fulvetta
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| Fulvetta cinereiceps (Verreaux, 1870) |
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Alcippe cinereiceps |
The Grey-hooded Fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps) is a bird species in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe.
Formerly, F. cinereiceps was known as Streak-throated Fulvetta, the birds properly referred to with this name have been split off and are nowe usually treated as a distinct species, F. manipurensis. Another former subspecies of F. cinereiceps that is nowadays usually considered distinct is the Taiwan Fulvetta (F. formosana).
Its natural habitat are temperate forests. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (BLI) (2004). Alcippe cinereiceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 25 July 2007.
- Collar, N.J. & Robson, Craig (2007): Family Timaliidae (Babblers). In: del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew & Christie, D.A. (eds.): Handbook of Birds of the World, Volume 12 (Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees): 70-291. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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