Nepal fulvetta

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Nepal fulvetta
In Nagarkot, Nepal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alcippeidae
Genus: Alcippe
Species:
A. nipalensis
Binomial name
Alcippe nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1837)
Egg of Alcippe nipalensis MHNT

The Nepal fulvetta (Alcippe nipalensis) or Nepal alcippe, as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this species, is a bird species in the family Alcippeidae.

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

It played an important role in the founding of modern ornithology and anthropology fields in Japan, because of its inclusion in an article titled “Ornithomancy of Taiwan’s Savages (台湾蕃人の鳥占),” from which it was later able to be identified by Japanese scientists. He noted that it is related to birds found in the Himalayas.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Alcippe nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22716647A131974803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716647A131974803.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Simon, Scott (1969-12-31). "A Little Bird Told Me: Changing Human–Bird Relations on a Formosan Indigenous Territory". Anthropologica. 62 (1): 70–84. doi:10.3138/anth.2018-0089. ISSN 2292-3586.
  • Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.