Typical fulvettas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sylviidae |
Genus: |
Fulvetta David & Oustalet, 1877 |
Species | |
8, and see text |
8, and see text
Fulvetta is a songbird genus. Originally proposed in 1877, it was recently reestablished for the typical fulvettas, which were long included with their presumed relatives in the Timaliidae (Old World babbler) genus Alcippe. But they are actually quite closely related to the typical warblers and therefore a member of the family Sylviidae.
It contains the following species: