Brown‑cheeked Fulvetta Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Graminicola bengalensis
Family : Graminicola
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta is a small dull olive-brown passerine lacking markings (length 15 cm, wing 6.7 cm, bill 1.6 cm, tarsus 2 cm, tail 6.6 cm). The adult has a greyish-brown crown and nape, olive-brown to grey-brown mantle, and rusty-brown wing and tail. Its cheeks are brown, the throat is off-white, the rest of the underparts are fulvous, paler on the breast. It has dark horn bill, greyish-brown irises, and greyish-brown legs and feet. The male and the female look alike. The young has browner edges to the wings and tail, slaty-grey irises, and bright yellow gape and mouth. It feeds on ants, other insects and nectar. It breeds in March-September.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Locustella davidi
(Baikal Grasshopper-warbler) -
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
(Rufous-vented Grass-babbler (Prinia)) -
Tesia cyaniventer
(Chestnut-crowned Bush-warbler) -
Acrocephalus orientalis
(Oriental Reed-warbler) -
Argya earlei
(Jungle Babbler) -
Pomatorhinus hypoleucos
(Spot‑breasted Scimitar-babbler) -
Heterophasia picaoides
(Rusty-fronted Barwing) -
Yuhina castaniceps
(Oriental White‑eye) -
Mixornis gularis
(Rufous-fronted Babbler) -
Chrysomma sinense
(Black‑breasted Parrotbill)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: desertnaturalist (www.inaturalist.org/people/desertnaturalist ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Dibyendu Ashmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: desertnaturalist (www.inaturalist.org/people/desertnaturalist ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Dibyendu Ashmore information, please contact us.