Brown Fulvetta

Brown Fulvetta

Alcippe brunneicauda

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Gunung Leuser National Park

In 3 days ~10%

6 Verified sightings at Gunung Leuser National Park From 2019 to 2026
683 In all 6 parks
March Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Brown Fulvetta

The brown fulvetta (Alcippe brunneicauda) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

There are two subspecies: Alcippe brunneicauda. brunneicauda (Salvadori, 1879) – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Batu Islands Alcippe brunneicauda eriphaea (Oberholser, 1922) – Borneo and northern Natuna Islands Collar, N. J. & Robson C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:35

Malaysia · 2019

© Marc Anderson · XC1041850 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:24

Malaysia · 2025

© Kim Chuah Lim · XC997240 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call0:09

Malaysia · 2023

© Raphaël Jordan · XC789771 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
2 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
3 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
4 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
5 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
6 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Fulvetta in Gunung Leuser National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Fulvetta sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 149th most-seen of the 166 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown Fulvetta in Gunung Leuser National Park?

March and December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Fulvetta in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown Fulvetta?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Fulvetta sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Which relatives of the Brown Fulvetta live in Gunung Leuser National Park?

Same family: Pellorneidae

The closest relatives of the Brown Fulvetta that you can see in Gunung Leuser National Park (family Pellorneidae, Ground Babblers and Allies) are White-chested Babbler (about 20%), Rufous-crowned Babbler (about 10%) and Scaly-crowned Babbler (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Brown Fulvetta sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown Fulvetta is recorded against all the birds logged in Gunung Leuser National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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