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David's Fulvetta
Alcippe davidi Styan, 1896
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi) is a species in the family Leiothrichidae. It is distributed across Myanmar, Laos, mainland China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The conservation status of this species is assessed as Least Concern.
David's fulvetta weighs approximately 15.3 grams, with a wing length of about 60.9 millimeters, a beak length of around 12.3 millimeters, a bill width of approximately 3 millimeters, a bill thickness of about 3.8 millimeters, tarsometatarsus length of around 19.2 millimeters, and a tail length of about 52.4 millimeters. David's fulvetta is a partially migratory bird that inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrublands, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its diet is omnivorous, with terrestrial invertebrates being its primary food source.
Wikipedia contributors, David's fulvetta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:25:41.112284+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alcippe davidi Styan, 1896
- Name authority
- Styan, 1896
- Common name
- David's Fulvetta
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Alcippe
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLeiothrichidae Swainson, 1832
- genusAlcippe Blyth, 1844
- speciesAlcippe davidi Styan, 1896
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alcippe. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Javan FulvettaAlcippe pyrrhoptera (Bonaparte, 1850) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yunnan FulvettaAlcippe fratercula Rippon, 1900 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-browed FulvettaAlcippe grotei Delacour, 1936 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Huet's FulvettaAlcippe hueti A. David, 1874 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe morrisonia Swinhoe, 1863 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain FulvettaAlcippe peracensis Sharpe, 1887 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841) | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Styan, & Frederick William. (1896). On some Chinese Species of the Genus Alcippe. The Ibis, Vol. 2, No. 7. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:BKLH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.