Chinese Fulvetta - BirdForum Opus

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Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Alternative name: Streak-throated Tit-babbler

Fulvetta striaticollis

Alcippe striaticollis

Identification

A small fulvetta (11.5cm), resembling southern subspecies of Streak-throated Fulvetta¹:

• Brown above, whitish below
• Streaks on throat and breast (Grey-hooded Fulvetta is unstreaked)
• Greyish-brown crown with long brown lateral crownstripe
• Grey wingpanel on primaries

Sexes similar. Juveniles are darker above and duller below.

Distribution

Found in S China (Gansu to Xizang, NW Yunnan and Sichuan).
Locally common.¹

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^{1, 2}
Like other Fulvettas this species was formerly placed in Alcippe.¹

Habitat

Rhododendron, shrubbery and oak. Found from 2200m to 4300m.¹

Behaviour

No data available on diet. Feeds probably on invertebrates.
Breeding season July to August (June to July in Xizang). The nest is suspended from a branch of bamboo and made of grass, moss and lichen. Lays 4 eggs.
Resident species.¹

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. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chinese Fulvetta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chinese_Fulvetta

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