Alternative names: Yellow-throated Tit-Babbler; Dusky Green Fulvetta; Dusky Green Tit-Babbler
- Schoeniparus cinereus
Identification
10 - 11cm (4-4¼ in). A very small green-and-yellow babbler:
- Broad yellow supercilium
- Bright yellow throat and breast
- Long black lateral crown-stripe
- Black scales on coronal stripe
- Greyish-olive flanks
Sexes similar. Juveniles have weaker crown-stripes.
Distribution
Found from Sikkim over Bhutan to northeast India, adjacent south China (Tibet, Yunnan) and adjacent northwest Burma. Also locally in north Laos and adjacent Vietnam.
Generally uncommon. Extinct in Bangladesh.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Alcippe or in Pseudominla.
Habitat
Broadleaf evergreen forest. Often found near tracks or streamsides in more open areas. In India from 600 - 2500m, 1500 - 2000m in Yunnan (China) and 900 - 2745 in southeast Asia.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on invertebrates. Forages in dense undergrowth and understory.
Outside breeding season often in groups of 5 - 10, sometimes more birds. Often together with other species.
Breeding
Breeding season from April to July. the nest is a deep cup (sometimes a dome or semi-dome) maade of bamboo leaves, grass blades and fern fronds. It's placed on the ground, between some boulders or in a bamboo clump or bush close to the ground.
Movements
Resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
- Rasmussen, PC and JC Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334672
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-throated Fulvetta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-throated_Fulvetta
