Javan Fulvetta
Alcippe pyrrhoptera
Unremarkable-looking warm brown songbird. Endemic to Java’s montane and submontane broadleaf forests, where it is a common member of mixed flocks. Note warm rusty-toned wings and tail, long-tailed and round-headed profile, and slender dark line above the eye (sometimes inconspicuous). Song is a sad-sounding series of whistles. Calls include a fast rattling call, as well as a high-pitched, tinkling “ji’jink.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Alcippe pyrrhoptera
- Authority
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pellorneidae
- Genus
- Alcippe
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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