Spectacled Fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla)
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Spectacled Fulvetta

Fulvetta ruficapilla (Verreaux, J, 1871)

≈11 cmLength9 gWeight

This bird inhabits mountain forests and sparse high-elevation scrub.

Busiest months: December–January, May and July · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Spectacled Fulvetta has been recorded at 80 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Kunming Xi ShanChina99 records
  2. Wuwei TempleChina62 records
  3. Zixi Mountain PNRChina58 records
More places
  1. Tangjiahe NNRChina49 records
  2. Kunming Country ParkChina38 records
  3. Heilongtan Park, LijiangChina29 records
  4. Liangwang MountainChina27 records
  5. Kunming Botanical GardenChina27 records
  6. Sanjiacun ReservoirChina24 records
  7. Jiuzhaigou NNRChina24 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China

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 spectacled fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe or in the Sylviidae.

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Questions

How big is the Spectacled Fulvetta?

The Spectacled Fulvetta is about ≈11 cm long and weighs around 9 g.

Where does the Spectacled Fulvetta live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: central, southern China. It is most often recorded in China.

When is the best time to see the Spectacled Fulvetta?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in January, May, July and December (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Spectacled Fulvetta endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Spectacled Fulvetta as Least Concern.

What does the Spectacled Fulvetta eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Spectacled Fulvetta in?

It belongs to the family Parrotbills & Allies (Paradoxornithidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
≈11 cm
Weight
9 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
53 mm
Tail
52 mm
Bill
10 mm
Tarsus
22 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: central, southern China

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 2
  • Fulvetta ruficapilla ruficapilla c China
  • Fulvetta ruficapilla sordidior s China

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Parrotbills & Allies Paradoxornithidae
Genus
Fulvetta

Other birds in the genus Fulvetta

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Spectacled Fulvetta

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