Taiwan Fulvetta

Fulvetta formosana (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)

12 cmLength10 gWeight

This small brown-headed bird inhabits alpine arrow bamboo, has orange-yellow wing feathers and is unafraid of people.

Busiest months: May · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Crown to back brown; eye-ring white
Throat and breast grayish-white, with more distinct brown streaks than in similar species
Wings and tail with orange-yellow
Iris pale golden-brown; bill blackish-brown

Male, female and young

Sexes show no obvious differences; juvenile paler than adult, with a pinker bill.

Voice

Song is “ti tuuu”, the first note rising and the second falling; usual call a high, thin, two-syllable squeak.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: May · Most records: China

Taiwan Fulvetta has been recorded at 6 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Dasyueshan IBA – Xiaoxueshan Lodge (50K)Taiwan (China)1,166 records
Yushan NP – TatakaTaiwan (China)933 records
Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)24 records

More places

Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)10 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)8 records
Taipei – Xindian SikanshuiTaiwan (China)1 record

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 Taiwan (China) fulvetta (Fulvetta formosana) is a species of bird in the family Sylviidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus Alcippe. In addition, it was long included in F. cinereiceps as a subspecies.

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