Brown Fulvetta

Brown Fulvetta

Alcippe brunneicauda

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Sepilok

In 3 days <5%

11 Verified sightings at Sepilok From 2019 to 2026
683 In all 6 parks
August 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 Sepilok?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Fulvetta sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 212th most-seen of the 242 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown Fulvetta in Sepilok?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Fulvetta in Sepilok on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

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.

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 Sepilok (11 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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