| Typical fulvettas | |
|---|---|
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| White-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradoxornithidae |
| Genus: | Fulvetta David &Oustalet, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Siva cinereiceps Jules, J, 1871 | |
| Species | |
8, and see text | |
Fulvetta is agenus ofpasserine birds. Originally proposed in 1877, it was recently reestablished for thetypical fulvettas, which were long included with their presumed relatives in theTimaliidae (Old World babbler) genusAlcippe.[1] But they are actually quite closely related to theparrotbills, and are thus now placed in thefamilyParadoxornithidae.
The genusFulvetta was introduced in 1877 by the French naturalistsArmand David andÉmile Oustalet in their bookLes Oiseaux de la Chine. They listed three species in the genus but did not specify thetype species.[2] In 1883Richard Bowdler Sharpe designated the type asSiva cinereicepsJules, J, thegrey-hooded fulvetta.[3][4] The genus name is a diminutive ofLatinfulvus meaning "tawny" or "yellowish-brown".[5]
The genus contains the following eightspecies:[6]
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