Monday, March 18, 2013

>Fulvetta formosana (Taiwan Fulvetta)

Taiwan Fulvetta





Taiwan Fulvetta
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Sylviidae
Genus:Fulvetta
Species:F. formosana
Binomial name
Fulvetta formosana
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)
Synonyms
Alcippe formosana
The Taiwan Fulvetta (Fulvetta formosana) is a bird species 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.
This species is endemic to Taiwan.

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