Rufous-winged Fulvetta

The rufous-winged fulvetta is a bird of the family Pellorneidae; its common name is misleading, since it is not a close relative of the typical fulvettas, now in the genus Fulvetta. The black-crowned fulvetta was until recently included as a subspecies. This 11 cm bird has a dark-streaked chestnut crown, a white eyebrow, brown upperparts and pale underparts, and its wings show a striking contrast between the bright rufous primaries and the black coverts (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a noisy species, with a rich warbled ti-du-di-du-di-du-di-du song and a wheezy tsi-tsi-tsi-tsi call, and is common in evergreen montane forest above 1,200 m, often feeding on vertical trunks. SoIB 2023 rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats invertebrates, with a Restricted range of about 37,900 km² and insufficient data on the long-term trend (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).