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Fulvetta danisi

Alcippe danisi

[edit] Identification

A small (10,5 - 11,5cm) soft-coloured Fulvetta:

• Brown to greyish-brown crown
• Blackish lateral crownstripe
• Broad pale grey supercilium
• Rufous wings with greyish wing-panel

[edit] Distribution

Found in Laos and Vietnam.
Locally common to uncommon.¹

[edit] Taxonomy

Clements² accepts two subspecies:

• F. d. danisi in Laos
• F. d. bidoupensis in South-eastern Laos and Central Vietnam

It was formerly considered conspecific with Spectacled Fulvetta.
Formerly placed in genus Alcippe.

[edit] Habitat

Broadleaf evergreen oak forest, secondary growth, bamboo. Found from 1800 to 2440m.¹

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on invertebrates, also on seeds.
Found singly, in pairs or in small groups of up to eight birds.
No information about breeding available.
Resident species.¹

[edit] References

1. 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
2. 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

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of Indochinese Fulvetta on Orientalbirdimages