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title: "Fulvetta guancebrune"
description: "Alcippe poioicephala — Uccelli. The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Leiothrichidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-cheeked-fulvetta
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fulvetta guancebrune

> Alcippe poioicephala — Uccelli. The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Leiothrichidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Alcippe poioicephala*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 888
- Wikidata: [Q3728899](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3728899)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15118](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15118)

## Names

- en: Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
- de: Graukopfalcippe
- es: Fulveta Cariparda
- fr: Alcippe à joues brunes
- it: Fulvetta guancebrune
- pt: Fulveta-de-faces-castanhas
- pl: Sikornik duży

## Countries with the most observations

IN (432), TH (213), CN (62), BD (5), LA (5), MM (4)

## Summary

The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a babbler-like bird belonging to the family Leiothrichidae found in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It was formerly called the quaker babbler in India and common nun babbler in Malaya. They forage on trees for insects, sometimes hanging from the branches in a tit-like manner, and visiting flowers for nectar. They are often hard to see in vegetation but they have loud multi-note whistling calls in the morning and afternoon.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-cheeked_fulvetta

## Photo

![Fulvetta guancebrune](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-cheeked-fulvetta/medium.jpg)

Photo: S.MORE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67142109

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-cheeked-fulvetta?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).