Dusky Fulvetta

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The dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in China and Taiwan, at altitudes mostly from 400–1,900 metres but sometimes down to sea level. Its natural habitat is low scrub in temperate forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

It is a small bird, 13–13.5 cm long, with uniform brown wings and tail, a rufous to orangey-brown crown bordered by fine black lines on the side of the head, grey cheeks and breast, and a whitish throat edged with narrow black moustachial lines; the belly is pale grey to whitish. The bill is slender and blackish, the legs orangey-brown.

Five subspecies are accepted:

Schoeniparus brunneus olivaceus (Styan, FW, 1896) — south-central China (Hubei, southern Shaanxi, Guizhou, and southeastern Sichuan)

Schoeniparus brunneus weigoldi Stresemann, EFT, 1923 — central and eastern Sichuan (west-central China)

Schoeniparus brunneus argutus (Hartert, EJO, 1910) — Hainan (southern China)

Schoeniparus brunneus superciliaris (David, A, 1874) — southeastern China (Anhui to Guangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong)

Schoeniparus brunneus brunneus (Gould, J, 1863) — Taiwan

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Schoeniparus brunneus (Gould, 1863)

Name authority

(Gould, 1863)

Common name

Dusky Fulvetta

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Pellorneidae

Genus

Schoeniparus

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.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAves
9. orderPasseriformes
10. familyPellorneidae Vigors & Delacour, 1946
11. genusSchoeniparus Hume, 1874
12. speciesSchoeniparus brunneus (Gould, 1863)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Schoeniparus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 41 records assigned to Pellorneidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

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.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1282031 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:SQ2CM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.