Part 22 - Fulvetta observations and distribution notes across Bhutan, Tsari, and western China

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SUMMARY:
Notes record Fulvetta ludlowi first observed at Yonpula (8000 ft) on 29 Feb, later found at multiple localities, with its distribution mainly south of the main range in East Bhutan, the Nyam Jang Chu valley, upper Subansiri, and Pachakshiri. F. striaticollis striaticollis is noted from the Tsari valley below Chosam eastward to Gyala, extending into Western Szechwan and Yunnan, with habitat and behavior remarks including its confiding nature.

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L. 21. 81. Found at Yonpula (8000) 29 Feb. for the first time on the trip.
Fulvetta ludlowi. Later they also found at Takhto, Pangchen, Lepo, Trimo, Lung, Lo La, Nyug La.
Common species south of main range, in East Bhutan, the Nyam Jang Chu valley, the upper Subansiri at Lung, in the Pachakshiri district. Ext from long 91° 30' to long 94° 15' does not occur north of the main range where it is replaced by another sp. of Fulvetta.

F. striaticollis striaticollis w. d. seen for the first time in the Tsari valley below Chosam. From Tsari they traced it eastward to Gyala whence it extends into Western Szechwan & Yunnan. Confined to forested areas on the main range where the rainfall though considerable, is far less heavy than it is in the south. In the summer, has a wide altitudinal range in habitat, scrubbing rather than trees, in parkland of rhodo & holly oak growth.

Moreover seems to be a characteristic trait of the genus Fulvetta, F. ludlowi is so confiding that I have watched it feeding quite unconcernedly within a couple of yards where I was standing.