Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

About the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

The grey-cheeked fulvetta or Morrison's fulvetta is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. The grey-cheeked fulvetta is part of a species complex and the nominate morrisonia is now restricted to endemic Taiwan birds, with David's fulvetta, Huet's fulvetta and Yunnan fulvetta now recognised as a separate species.

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Where the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in China, Thailand.

When to see the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

Peak activity in April · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephalaThe brown-cheeked fulvetta is a small dull coloured bird measuring 15 cm from beak to tail tip. 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.