Grey-cheeked fulvetta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Alcippeidae |
| Genus: | Alcippe |
| Species: | A. morrisonia
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| Alcippe morrisonia R. Swinhoe, 1863
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The grey-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) is a bird in the family Alcippeidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863.
Distribution
It is a year-round resident throughout southeastern China, northern Vietnam and Laos, northeastern Myanmar, and Taiwan.[2] In Taiwan it is found in evergreen mountain forests.
Characteristics
This 15-cm long bird has a grey head with a white eye ring and a long black eye stripe running from the bill down the sides of the neck. The upperparts are olive and the underparts are yellow.
Its call is a weak chi-chi-chu-chui. It will readily join mixed-species feeding flocks.[3]
Notes
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Alcippe morrisonia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ McKinnon & Phillips, A Field Guide to the Birds of China, plate 108
- ^ http://www.birdyinfo.com/show/bird/Grey-cheeked-Fulvetta/8903
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.
- Lekagul, Boonsong, Round, Philip A Guide to the Birds of Thailand Saha Karn Baet, 1991 ISBN 974-85673-6-2
- Robson, Craig A Field Guide to the Birds of Thailand New Holland Press, 2004 ISBN 1-84330-921-1