Spectacled Fulvetta
Fulvetta ruficapilla(Verreaux, JP, 1871)
English (US) Spectacled Fulvetta
The Spectacled Fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spectacled Fulvetta
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Fulvetta ruficapilla ruficapilla
- Fulvetta ruficapilla sordidior
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Siva ruficapilla
- Described by
- (Verreaux, JP, 1871)
- Type locality
- 'les montagnes du Thibet chinois' ; types from western Szechwan, fide Verreaux, 1871
- Original description
- Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Bulletin 6, fasc.4 p.37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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