About the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Leiothrichidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was formerly called the quaker babbler in India and common nun babbler in Malaya. They forage on trees for insects, sometimes hanging from the branches in a tit-like manner, and visiting flowers for nectar. They are often hard to see in vegetation but they have loud multi-note whistling calls in the morning and afternoon.
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The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a small dull coloured bird measuring 15 cm from beak to tail tip. The grey bill is short and weak and the upper mandible is curved. The genus Alcippe has the bill widest at the nostrils which are long and has a membrane overhanging it. The tail feathers are all nearly of the same length. The wings are brownish, the underside is buff and the crown is grey. The crown is not demarcated from the rest of the head in the nominate subspecies but in some, there is a dark stripe that begins behind the eyes and meets at the nape.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Nepal FulvettaAlcippe nipalensisThe Nepal fulvetta or Nepal alcippe, as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this species, is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
Yunnan FulvettaAlcippe fraterculaThe Yunnan fulvetta is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Grey-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe morrisoniaThe grey-cheeked fulvetta or Morrison's fulvetta is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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