THE WORLD BIRDS - An Online Bird Book
LAUGHINGTHRUSH and Allies
Order Passeriformes Family Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The entire family was previously included in the Timaliidae, the Old World babblers. Some birds in Leiothrichidaeare are called babbler's.
They are small to medium sized birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush. Most have predominantly brown plumage, with minimal difference between the sexes, but many more brightly coloured species also exist. They are vocally noisy birds.
The Leiothrichidae are divided in this presention as follows
Babbler: babax, babbler, chatterer
Fulvetta : cutia, fulvetta
Laughingthrush: babax, hwamei, laughingthrush
Other : barwing, leiothrix, liocichla, mesia, minia, sibia
FULVETTA and allies
LAUGHINGTHRUSH and Allies
Order Passeriformes Family Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds. These are birds of tropical areas, with the greatest variety in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The entire family was previously included in the Timaliidae, the Old World babblers. Some birds in Leiothrichidaeare are called babbler's.
They are small to medium sized birds. They have strong legs, and many are quite terrestrial. They typically have generalised bills, similar to those of a thrush. Most have predominantly brown plumage, with minimal difference between the sexes, but many more brightly coloured species also exist. They are vocally noisy birds.
The Leiothrichidae are divided in this presention as follows
Babbler: babax, babbler, chatterer
Fulvetta : cutia, fulvetta
Laughingthrush: babax, hwamei, laughingthrush
Other : barwing, leiothrix, liocichla, mesia, minia, sibia
This section contains the fulvettas and cutias.
Genus Alcippe
This genus was previously placed in family Pellorneidae, the Ground-babblers.
Fulvetta, Black-browed Alcippe grotei Found: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
The Black-browed Fulvetta has brown back, tail; gray face; slate gray crown bordered below with black line; faint white eye-ring.
Similar to: Mountain Fulvetta. Black-browed Fulvetta has blacker supercilium; Mountain Fulvetta has bolder eye-ring. Black-browedFfulvetta occurs primarily below 400 m, and Mountain Fulvetta above 900 m.
Image by: 1) James EatonSimilar to: Mountain Fulvetta. Black-browed Fulvetta has blacker supercilium; Mountain Fulvetta has bolder eye-ring. Black-browedFfulvetta occurs primarily below 400 m, and Mountain Fulvetta above 900 m.
Fulvetta, Brown Alcippe brunneicauda Found: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Image by: 1) John C. Mittermeier - Malaysia
Fulvetta, Brown-cheeked Alcippe poioicephala Found: southeast Asia
The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta has brown upperparts; gray crown; mostly gray cheeks!; pale buff underparts.
Image by: 1) JJ Harrison - Thailand 2) Prajwalkm - India 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Thailand
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Fulvetta, David's Alcippe davidi Found: south China, northern Vietnam
Image by: 1) Marcel Holyoak - China
Fulvetta, Gold-fronted Alcippe variegaticeps Found: China
The Gold-fronted Fulvetta has a gray back; golden fore-crown; chestnut mantle; black face patch.
Image by: 1) Fred and Jemi Holmes
Fulvetta, Gray-cheeked Alcippe morrisonia Found: Taiwan
The Gray-cheeked Fulvetta subspecieshas been split into the following species:
David's Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) davidi; Gray-cheeked Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) morrisonia
Huet's Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) hueti; Yunnan Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) fratercula
Similar to: Yunnan-cheeked Fulvetta. Gray-cheeked Fulvetta has bold eye-ring; Yunnan Fulvetta has faint eye-ring.
Image by: 1, 2, 3)
Robert Tdc 4) AlnusDavid's Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) davidi; Gray-cheeked Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) morrisonia
Huet's Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) hueti; Yunnan Fulvetta - Alcippe (morrisonia) fratercula
Similar to: Yunnan-cheeked Fulvetta. Gray-cheeked Fulvetta has bold eye-ring; Yunnan Fulvetta has faint eye-ring.
Fulvetta, Huet's Alcippe hueti Found: southeast China
Image by: 1) Craig
Fulvetta, Javan Alcippe pyrrhoptera Found: Indonesia
Image by: 1) Lip Kee - Java
Fulvetta,_Ludlow's also Brown-throated Fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi Found: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Image by: 1) Dibyendu_Ash - India 2) Francesco_Veronesi - India
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Fulvetta,_Mountain Alcippe peracensis Found: southeast Asia, Malaysia
The Mountain Fulvetta has brown back, tail; gray face; slate gray crown bordered below with black line; white eye-ring.
Similar to: Black-browed Fulvetta. Black-browed Fulvetta has blacker supercilium; Mountain Fulvetta has bolder eye-ring. Black-browedFfulvetta occurs primarily below 400 m, and Mountain Fulvetta above 900 m.
Image by: 1) Johny Wee - Malaysia 2) Loupok - Malaysia 3) Francesco_Veronesi - MalaysiaSimilar to: Black-browed Fulvetta. Black-browed Fulvetta has blacker supercilium; Mountain Fulvetta has bolder eye-ring. Black-browedFfulvetta occurs primarily below 400 m, and Mountain Fulvetta above 900 m.
Fulvetta,_Nepal Alcippe nipalensis Found: southeast Asia
Image by: 1) Kannan AS 2) Dibyendu_Ash - India 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan
Fulvetta,_Yunnan Alcippe fratercula Found: southeast Asia
The Yunnan Fulvetta is also considered a subspecies of the Gray-cheeked Fulvetta has mainly olive upperparts; gray head; pale yellow underparts.
Similar to: Gray-cheeked Fulvetta. Gray-cheeked Fulvetta has bold eye-ring; Yunnan Fulvetta has faint eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Indy 2) Tony_Castro - ThailandSimilar to: Gray-cheeked Fulvetta. Gray-cheeked Fulvetta has bold eye-ring; Yunnan Fulvetta has faint eye-ring.
Genus Cutia
Cutia,_Himalayan Cutia nipalensis Found: Himalayan region, from India to northern Thailand
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Bhutan
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Cutia, Vietnamese Cutia legalleni Found: Laos, Vietnam
Image by: 1) Oleg Chernyshov - Vietnam 2) Pinned
