The Chinese fulvetta (''Fulvetta striaticollis'') is a

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in the

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. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus '' Alcippe'' or in the

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. It is found in

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References

* Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. "Family Timaliidae (Babblers)". pp. 70–291. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. ''

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'', Vol. 12. ''Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees''. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Birds of China

Chinese fulvetta The Chinese fulvetta (''Fulvetta striaticollis'') is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. Like the other typical fulvettas, it was long included in the Timaliidae genus '' Alcippe'' or in the Sylviidae Sylviidae is a family of pas ...

Birds of Central China Endemic birds of China

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