NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-browed Fulvetta
Alcippe grotei Delacour, 1936
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
The black-browed fulvetta (Alcippe grotei) is a 15.5 to 16.5 cm long species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist montane evergreen forests, adjacent secondary growth and bamboo in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It is often considered conspecific with the mountain fulvetta, Alcippe peracensis, but the two forms differ in morphology and vocalisations, and are separated altitudinally. Black-browed fulvetta occurs primarily below 400 m, and mountain fulvetta above 900 m.
Both have a warm brown back and tail, whitish underparts, a grey face and a slate grey crown edged below with a black line. Black-browed has brown flanks and a weaker white eyering; it has been described as a bit like a cross between mountain and grey-cheeked fulvetta. The black-browed has a song yu-chi-chiwi-chuwoo, yu-uwit-ii-uwoo, whereas the mountain is yi-yuii-uwee-uwee.
Two subspecies are recognised:
A. g. eremita Riley, JH, 1936 – southeastern Thailand
A. g. grotei Delacour, JT, 1936 – northern and central Annam and adjacent Laos
Wikipedia contributors, Black-browed fulvetta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:48:19.136261+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alcippe grotei Delacour, 1936
- Name authority
- Delacour, 1936
- Common name
- Black-browed 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 grotei Delacour, 1936
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 |
| David's FulvettaAlcippe davidi Styan, 1896 | LeiothrichidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yunnan FulvettaAlcippe fratercula Rippon, 1900 | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Alcippe nipalensis grotei Delacour, 1936 Delacour, 1936 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916071 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:BKLL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.