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Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
Alcippe poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841)
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 brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Leiothrichidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was formerly called the quaker babbler in India and common nun babbler in Malaya. They forage on trees for insects, sometimes hanging from the branches in a tit-like manner, and visiting flowers for nectar. They are often hard to see in vegetation but they have loud multi-note whistling calls in the morning and afternoon.
Wikipedia contributors, Brown-cheeked fulvetta; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:53:25.941742+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alcippe poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841)
- Name authority
- (Jerdon, 1841)
- Common name
- Brown-cheeked 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 poioicephala (Jerdon, 1841)
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 |
| 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Thimalia poioicephala Jerdon, 1841 Jerdon, 1841 | synonym |
| Alcippe phaeocephala (Jerdon, 1841) (Jerdon, 1841) | 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=558507 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:BKLT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.