Yunnan fulvetta

Yunnan fulvetta
In Chiang Mai, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Alcippe
Species:
A. fratercula
Binomial name
Alcippe fratercula
Rippon, G, 1900[1]

The Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to southern China, southeastern Myanmar> and northern Indochina.[1][2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Three subspecies are recognised:[3]

  • A. f. yunnanensis Harington, HH, 1913 – southern China (southern Sichuan and eastern Yunnan) to northeastern Myanmar (Kachin)
  • A. f. fratercula Rippon, G, 1900 – central Myanmar to southern China, northern Thailand, and northwestern Laos
  • A. f. laotiana Delacour, JT, 1926 – north-central and central Laos and north-central Vietnam

References

  1. ^ a b "Images of the cards in the Richmond Index, Bird Division, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C." zoonomen.net. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Clements Checklist". birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  3. ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.