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Dusky Fulvetta
Schoeniparus brunneus (Gould, 1863)
≈13 cmLength17 gWeight
This small bird has an orange-brown crown bordered by black lines, with gray cheeks and breast.
Busiest months: May · Most records: China
How to identify
Field marks
- Orange-brown crown with a thin black line on each side
- Gray cheeks and breast
- Whitish throat with thin black moustachial stripes on either side
- Wings and tail uniformly brown
Where and when it's recorded
Dusky Fulvetta has been recorded at 99 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)721 records
- Dasyueshan IBA – Hengliu Creek (15K)Taiwan (China)453 records
- Taipei – Xindian SikanshuiTaiwan (China)452 records
More places
- Taipei – WulaiTaiwan (China)366 records
- Jianfengling NNRChina180 records
- Hualien River Estuary IBATaiwan (China)142 records
- Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)125 records
- Taipei – Tianliaoyang WetlandTaiwan (China)88 records
- Hualien – Xincheng JialinTaiwan (China)56 records
- Hualien – Fenglin BeilinTaiwan (China)56 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
About
The dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in China and Taiwan (China), at altitudes mostly from 400–1,900 metres but sometimes down to sea level. Its natural habitat is low scrub in temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
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Questions
How big is the Dusky Fulvetta?
The Dusky Fulvetta is about ≈13 cm long and weighs around 17 g.
Where does the Dusky Fulvetta live?
Its breeding range: Oriental: China, Taiwan (China). It is most often recorded in China.
When is the best time to see the Dusky Fulvetta?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in May (Northern Hemisphere).
Is the Dusky Fulvetta endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Dusky Fulvetta as Least Concern.
What does the Dusky Fulvetta eat?
Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.
What family is the Dusky Fulvetta in?
It belongs to the family Ground Babblers (Pellorneidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- ≈13 cm
- Weight
- 17 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Insects & other invertebrates
- Lifestyle
- Varied
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 59 mm
- Tail
- 49 mm
- Bill
- 14 mm
- Tarsus
- 23 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Oriental: China, Taiwan (China)
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Subspecies · 5
- Schoeniparus brunneus olivaceus c China
- Schoeniparus brunneus weigoldi c, e Sichuan (wc China)
- Schoeniparus brunneus argutus Hainan I. (off se China)
- Schoeniparus brunneus superciliaris e, se China
- Schoeniparus brunneus brunneus Taiwan (China)
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Ground Babblers Pellorneidae
- Genus
- Schoeniparus
Other birds in the genus Schoeniparus
Yellow-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus cinereus
Rufous-winged FulvettaSchoeniparus castaneceps
Black-crowned FulvettaSchoeniparus klossi
Golden-fronted FulvettaSchoeniparus variegaticeps
Rufous-throated FulvettaSchoeniparus rufogularis
Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubius
Indian GrassbirdGraminicola bengalensis
Chinese GrassbirdGraminicola striatus
Large Wren-BabblerTurdinus macrodactylus
Marbled Wren-BabblerTurdinus marmoratus
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