Nepal fulvetta

The Nepal fulvetta (Alcippe nipalensis) or Nepal alcippe, as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this species, is a bird species in the family Alcippeidae.

Nepal fulvetta
In Nagarkot, Nepal
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alcippeidae
Genus:	Alcippe
Species:	A. nipalensis
Binomial name
Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837)

It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

It played an important role in the founding of modern ornithology and anthropology fields in Japan, because of its inclusion in an article titled “Ornithomancy of Taiwan’s Savages (台湾蕃人の鳥占),” from which it was later able to be identified by Japanese scientists. He noted that it is related to birds found in the Himalayas.^[2]